Joseph Wilson and William D. Wilson, Sketches of the Higher Classes of Colored Society (Philadelphia, 1841), 59.
Item
Title
Joseph Wilson and William D. Wilson, Sketches of the Higher Classes of Colored Society (Philadelphia, 1841), 59.
Includes music itself or text of song
no
Identity of singers; solo/group
free, upperclass
Voice/instrument
voice, instrument
Space/room
parlor
activity
social gathering
Geographical location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Excerpt
The love of music is universal; it is cultivated to some extent, -vocal or instrumental, by all; so that it is almost impossible to enter a parlor where the ear of the visitor is not, in some sort or other, greeted therewith. It is consequently made a prominent part of the amusements on all occasions of social meeting together of friends.
Context
Wilson writes that music is always an integral part of social gatherings.