Mary Berry in Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati - 4 May, 1784

from Diary of Mary Berry, 4 May 1784, page 115:

Villa Aldobrandini, fine situation. At the back of the house is a circular facade of building, in which there are fountains and Gioco d’Acqua. A room, on one side, called the ladies’ bath, with a trumpery representation of Parnassus at the end of it; a sort of rock, on which are little figures of the Muses and Apollo, with the pipes of an organ in their mouths, which plays by the water.

cite as

Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 4 May 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. 115. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1541519363993 accessed: 6 October, 2024

location of experience: Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati

Listeners

Mary Berry
Author, literary hostess, Playwright
1763-1852

Listening to

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Sound of a water organ

Experience Information

Date/Time 4 May, 1784
Medium live
Listening Environment in private, outdoors

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 06 Nov 2018 15:49:24 +0000
Approved on Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:42:38 +0000