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.

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