Index Entry | Music, in Constantinople, played by 100 orchestras, for birth of heir |
Location | Constantinople |
Citation | PJ.762.022 20 May 1762:22 (1015) Extract of a letter from Paris, Feb. 12. . . The rejoicings at Constantinople, on the birth of an heir to the Ottoman throne, surpassed all description. Their were upwards of an hundred orchestras erected in different parts of that capital, and furnished with all the ablest musicians, who played without ceasing for 7 days and 7 nights; during which there were the most superb illuminations throughout the city and suburbs . . . |
Generic Title | Pennsylvania Journal |
Date | 1762.05.20 |
Publisher | Bradford, William |
City, State | Philadelphia, PA |
Year | 1762 |
Bibliography | B0038580 |