Musical evenings (Dr Burney's) [ Dance, Music & Songs / Sports & Leisure ]
… he felt that his art was truly appreciated, and he himself regarded as an artist and a gentleman. ‘As for those of high rank,’ he told Susan, ‘I’m less at ease with them than you might think – I’ve never enjoyed the pleasure of genuine … distinguished salons […] was not only their conception of intellectual activity as useful work, but also the mixing of ranks and orders’ (Goodman 338). 13 This was very much the case at the Burney concerts – with the addition of musical to …
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