Musical evenings (Dr Burney's) [ Dance, Music & Songs / Sports & Leisure ]
… Smith (of 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 perform in and listen to concerts, given by 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 …
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