Musical evenings (Dr Burney's) [ Dance, Music & Songs / Sports & Leisure ]
… Gallery, NPG D14563. And yet, the Burney salon can be situated somewhere on a continuum between the private and the public sphere, between literary and musical entertainment, even between work and leisure: ‘Pleasant as salon gatherings … and the United Provinces (1772), which was geared to non-specialist readers, did he gain access to literary circles: ‘My publication was honoured with the approbation of the blue-stocking families at Mrs Vezey’s [sic], and Mrs. Montagu ’s, …
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