Index Entry | Handel: Messiah [t], performance in London |
Location | London |
Citation | BEP(F.751.015 5 Aug 1751:22 (833) London, May 18. . . Thursday the sacred oratorio, called the Messiah, was performed in the chapel of the Foundling Hospital, with a fine voluntary of 40 minutes, by Mr. Handel, to a numerous and polite audience; there were computed to be upwards of 500 coaches, besides chairs, &c. and the tickets to amount to upwards of 700 guineas. |
Generic Title | Boston Evening Post (Fleet) |
Date | 1751.08.05 |
Publisher | Fleet, T. |
City, State | Boston, MA |
Year | 1751 |
Bibliography | B0002625 |