… 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 the aristocracy freely mixed … footing with the men. Practices > Dance, Music & Songs Places > Sports & Leisure Mots-clés Art Audience Bluestockings Conversation Music Among those who visited the Sunday evening musical parties at the Burneys’ on a more or less regular … was generally two-fold: first, musical performances were enjoyed by at least some parts of the audience and afterwards conversation followed, facilitating sociability ( The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, I, xxi-xxii). In his …