Title
Bagpipe playing for the king
Short description
Georg Forster describes the encounter with King O-Too: the sound of the bagpipes delights the natives.
Text on source
Whilst we were engaged in this conversation, our Highlander performed on the bag-pipe to the infinite satisfaction of all the Taheitians, who listened to him with a mixture of admiration and delight. King O-Too in particular was so well pleased with his musical abilities, which I have already observed were mean enough, that he ordered him a large piece of the coarser cloth as a reward for his trouble.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 330
Date
1773 08 25
Observations on the events description
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.

Participants
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Forster, Johann Reinold
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Furneaux, Tobias
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Sparrman, Anders
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How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Bagpipe playing for the king" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 03 18.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76

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