..A Hundred Years Ago
:" Tas SPECTATOR," FEBRUARY 27th, 1836.
. DRURY LANE ORATORIOS.
These Lenten exhibitions, which, after having sunk to the lowest depths of ,inusical degradation, expired a few years since, have been revived tinder the auspices of Messrs. Bunn and Bochsa—a worthy "Having each in his turn and vocation successfully experimentalised upon the public gullibility, they have now clubbed their wits to see what could be achieved for their own advantage in " the Ortitario line." Something marvellous must be attempted, something that would outrage common sense and defy probability ;
something that would cover a double-sized with characters, names, and letters, large, novel, and strange, and appeal with success to the musical ignorance of the public. This notable scheme devejoped itself in an announcement that the public would hear " the History of Music for 2500 yeari" performed in a single evening:. And on the first night the house was crowded ; but the success of the scheme does not seem to have answered the pro- jectors' hopes, and " the History " has, this week, been curtailed.
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