London audiences in London, England - the 1790's
from Letter from Anna Seward to Mrs Gell, 29 June 1796, page 222:
Not less contemptible is the twin-degeneracy you mention in the public taste for music. Shakespeare and Handel no longer excite the transports of a London audience. But your sensibility is too poignant, and too natural, to sink, palsied, beneath the touch of that torpedo to real excellence, fashion.
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Anna Seward, Letter from Anna Seward to Mrs Gell, 29 June 1796. In Archibald Constable (ed.), Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, volume 4 (Edinburgh, 1811), p. 222. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1535794549928 accessed: 30 December, 2024
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Music by Handel
written by George Frideric Handel |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | the 1790's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Sat, 01 Sep 2018 10:35:51 +0100
Approved on Fri, 07 Sep 2018 12:34:53 +0100