I found myself in the lovely town of Ipswich one day with time to kill when I got the date of a workshop wrong. Being from North America I have never been able to see authentic baroque finery first hand. Christchurch Mansion was built in the 16th century, and its rooms are preserved in styles authentic to many periods from then on. Imagine walking around in this place and hearing Handel's Queen of Sheba in your head. The decorative styles really did seem to suggest the music - musicologists aren't just making it up!
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