Daniel Lysons et al. in Bremhill, Wiltshire - 5 November, 1823
from Memoirs, journal and correspondence of Thomas Moore, pages 147–48:
Had promised Bowles to go and dine with him to-day […] Company at dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Lysons and their two daughters (from Gloucestershire), Mr. Clarke (the Winchester man, who wrote a pamphlet against Brougham on the Education question) and his wife, and Mr. Hume, the Vicar of Calne. Day very pleasant; music in the evening. Mr. L. and one of his daughters sung duets. “God save the King,” it seems, has been at last ascertained to have been composed by a man of the name of John Bull in the time of James I. The pretty melody sung in churches to the … more >>
Thomas Moore, and Lord John Russell (ed.), Memoirs, journal and correspondence of Thomas Moore, volume 4 (London, 1853), p. 147–48. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1653389172298 accessed: 10 October, 2024
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'Verdi prati' from Alcina
written by George Frideric Handel |
performed by Josepha Lysons, the Misses Lysons |
vocal duets | performed by Daniel Lysons, Miss Lysons |
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Date/Time | 5 November, 1823 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |