Lady Harriet Tancred et al. in Saint-Cloud, Paris - 12 September, 1819, at night
from Diary of Mary Berry, 12 September 1819, page 179:
Went to St. Cloud with the Tancreds and Tonelli. […] Drove to the park, which was then lighted up, and where were at least five or six thousand people dancing to different orchestras. We amused ourselves going from one ball to the other till past ten o’clock, when we returned to Paris.
cite as
Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 12 September 1819. In Lady Theresa Lewis, Lady Theresa Lewis and Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 3 (London, 1865), p. 179. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1542301071583 accessed: 30 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| music to accompany dancing | performed by orchestras |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 12 September, 1819, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:57:52 +0000
Approved on Tue, 04 Dec 2018 11:07:10 +0000