Musical evenings (Dr Burney's) [ Dance, Music & Songs / Sports & Leisure ]
… Enderby), ‘A Sunday concert’, © National Portrait Gallery London, NPG D14563, 1782. Résumé The ‘Sunday evening musical parties hosted by Dr. Burney’ were informal gatherings of musicians as well as writers, actors, and painters, in order to … both amateurs and some of the most brilliant singers and musicians of the day. The setting was a domestic one, and its participants – performers as well as audience – visited in their leisure time, by invitation or inclination depending on … and intimacy with the family. There was ample room, figuratively at least, for sociability, since music-making was only part of the entertainment, and conversation also took up a fair amount of time. As in the Bluestocking salons, members of …
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