Citation - Pennsylvania Journal: 1762.05.20

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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
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