Hester Lynch Piozzi in Grosvenor Square, London - 3 April, 1781, in the afternoon
from Diary of Hester Lynch Thrale, April 1781, pages 488–489:
[Hester Thrale is giving an account of events during the days leading up to the death of her first husband, Henry Thrale, on 4 April 1781]
When I came home to dress […] I gave him [Piozzi] the Money I had collected for his Benefit 35£ I remember, it was—a Bankers Note, and I burst out o’crying […] Just then came a Letter from Dr Pepys, insisting to speak with me in the Afternoon; & […] I burst out … more >>
Hester Lynch Piozzi, Diary of Hester Lynch Thrale, April 1781. In Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana: The Diary of Mrs. Hester Lynch Thrale (Later Mrs. Piozzi) 1776–1809. 2nd ed. , volume 1 (Oxford, 1951), p. 488–489. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1543233102990 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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hide composers| ‘Rasserena il tuo bel Ciglio’ | performed by Gabriele Mario Piozzi |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 3 April, 1781, in the afternoon |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors |
Notes
All spelling and punctuation copied from the original.