Charles C.F. Greville in The seashore at Naples - 8 May, 1830, at night
from Journal entry, 8 May 1830, page 358:
Naples, they told me, does very well for a short time, but you will soon grow tired of it. To be sure, I have been here only three weeks, but I liked it better every day, and I am wretched at leaving it. What could I ever mean by thinking it was not gay, and less lively than Genoa? To-night, as I came home from riding, the shore was covered with lazaroni and throngs of people, dancing, singing, harping, fiddling—all so merry, and as if the open air and their own elastic spirits were happiness enough. I suppose I shall never come again, for when I have measured back … more >>
Charles C.F. Greville, Journal entry, 8 May 1830. In Henry Reeve (ed.), The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, volume 1 (London, 1874), p. 358. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1529675969542 accessed: 9 October, 2024
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Listening to
hide composersOutdoor music-making | performed by Lazaroni and other Neapolitans |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 8 May, 1830, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |