Musical evenings (Dr Burney's) [ Dance, Music & Songs / Sports & Leisure ]
… included the most celebrated singers of the day, such as the famous soprano Lucrezia Agujari (1743-96), but also travellers such as James Bruce (1730-94), lionized by all the cognoscenti of London. 1 In 1782, Dr Burney’s musical …
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