Elizabeth (Bessy) Moore et al. in Sloperton Cottage, Bromham, Wiltshire - 1 January, 1819, at night
from Diary of Thomas Moore, 31 December 1818, page 248:
All bustle and preparation for our dance in the evening; the supper laid in my study. […] All went off most gaily. We did our best to make them happy; and, to do our guests justice, they seemed all to come with a determination to be pleased. Supped at half-past twelve. I had lobsters, oysters, and champagne, express from London for the occasion, and the supper looked not only gay but elegant. Twenty-two persons supped in my little study. I sung for them after supper, and then to dancing again till near four in the morning. […] A gay beginning to the new year.
Thomas Moore, Diary of Thomas Moore, 31 December 1818. In Lord John Russell and Lord John Russell (ed.), Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, volume 2 (London, 1853), p. 248. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1593949525357 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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hide composers| unspecified songs | performed by Thomas Moore |
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| Date/Time | 1 January, 1819, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |