| Evidence: | Fanny Kemble, 20 April 1846: 'My friend has given me a charming little Sicilian song, of which the following is a free translation. The pathetic and graceful idea is, however, a thousand times more appropriately clothed in the soft dialect from which I have transferred it [transcribes eight-line verse]'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 20 Apr 1846 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Italy | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Fanny Kemble |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 27 Nov 1809 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Italy |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Anon |
| Title: | [Sicilian song] |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 7899 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Fanny Kemble | |
| Editor: | Catherine Clinton | |
| Title: | Fanny Kemble's Journals | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 174 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Fanny Kemble, Catherine Clinton (ed.), Fanny Kemble's Journals (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000), p. 174, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7899, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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