Dr Burney's Concerts (1832) [ Practices / People ]
… In the private narrative of an historian of the musical art, it may not be improper to insert some account of the concerts, which he occasionally gave to invited friends … at his own house; as they biographically mark his style of life, and the consideration in which he was held by the musical world. The company was always small, as were the apartments in which it was received; but always select, as the … fame, and travels of the Doctor, by allowing him a choice of guests, enabled him to limit admission to real lovers of music. He had never any formal band; though it is probable that there was hardly a musician in England who, if called …
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