Musical evenings (Dr Burney's) [ Dance, Music & Songs / Sports & Leisure ]
… these soirées to while away a few idle hours. 4 Goodman argues that Enlightenment salons ‘served purposes of social mobility’, and this was true also of the Burney gatherings: Dr Burney aspired to establish himself as a gentleman, and to …
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