Mary Berry in Sistine Chapel, Rome - between 7 April, 1784 and 9 April, 1784, 12:00 AM
from Diary of Mary Berry, 7th, 8th and 9th April 1784, pages 105–108:
Wednesday, 7th. […] In the evening, to the King of Sweden’s box in the Sistine Chapel, to hear the ‘Miserere.’ There is a long service chauntecl before it begins. Charming as it is, it did not perhaps quite answer my expectations; because when one sets one’s imagination to work, one can always surpass anything that really exists. The scene around, too, is not imposing; it is small, and crowded with people, who are many of them moving about and making a noise.
… more >>Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 7th, 8th and 9th April 1784. In Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 1 (London, 1865), p. 105–108. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1541508817290 accessed: 19 April, 2024
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Miserere
written by [Allegri?] |
performed by Sistine Chapel Choir |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | between 7 April, 1784 and 9 April, 1784, 12:00 AM |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |