Della artificiale riduzione a solidità lapidea e inalterabilità degli animali, scoperta da Girolamo Segato / Giuseppe Pellegrini
Second travel of Girolamo Segato

6. Music at work in the city of Qualabseh

Cairo - Egypt
Title
Music at work in the city of Qualabseh
Short description
Girolamo Segato wrote this letter to his brother Vincenzo on 26 December 1820 from Cairo, also writing this anecdote about the presence of music at work in the city of Qualabseh.
Text on source
Tutti sono amanti della musica e del ballo, che accostumano giornalmente anche nei loro lavori. Figuratevi! ogni picciola compagnia di lavoranti di qualunque specie ha un cantatore e suonatore, nè agiscono minimamente senza la distrazione musicale.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 61
Date
1820 12 26
Observations on the events description
The report by lawyer Giuseppe Pellegrini contains the transcript of the letter sent from Cairo by Girolamo to his brother Vincenzo.
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
No other participants in this event description.
Narrator
1
Place
1
Sounds
3
How to quote
Murarotto E., "Music at work in the city of Qualabseh" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2023 09 18.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.17

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