The eighteenth century concerts at London's Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens represented a major turning point in the history of public concerts. They were relatively inexpensive and attracted patrons from nearly all walks of life, from the nobility down to the lower middle class. The usual fare at Vauxhall Gardens was the English-language pop tunes of ...
The music on this two-disc set can fairly be said to represent the taste of the average London entertainment consumer in the middle of the eighteenth century. All of it is taken from a songbook called Calliope, published in 1739; English contralto Emma Curtis devised the whole concept, sings songs from both female and male perspectives, is shown ...
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