Fifth Viscount Torrington in Bala - 5 August, 1793
from A Tour to North Wales, 1793, page 282:
[Byng has described his arrival at the inn, after a journey on horseback and through difficult terrain in the pouring rain.]
Miseries over―comforts begin;―candles,―a great fire, newspaper, supper, and the harper, with as tolerable port wine as I have found in Wales.―The harper rattled away, and in a loud key, as I liked, till the sound lost its effect; and then I took to my writing.
cite as
John Byng, A Tour to North Wales, 1793. In C. Bruyn Andrews (ed.), The Torrington Diaries Containing the Tours Throughout England and Wales of the Hon. John Byng (Later Fifth Viscount Torrington) Between the Years 1781 and 1794, volume 3 (London, 1936), p. 282. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1546594668322 accessed: 1 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Welsh harp music | performed by a Welsh harper |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 5 August, 1793 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | indoors, solitary |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Fri, 04 Jan 2019 09:37:48 +0000
Approved on Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:01:39 +0000