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of them there were dances between the
acts of the concert. On the stage, behind
the singers, which were six, there stood
six servants the whole time. The Bag-
lioni appeared to more advantage to-night
than in the opera, especially Clementina,
who, in a less theatre, would be a very
agreeable singer; in this all voices are
lost.
Monday 23. This morning I went early
with father Moiana, a very agreeable
Dominican, to the Ambrosian Library,
and with some difficulty got a sight of
two or three very ancient manuscripts re-
lative to my purpose, and of the pom-
pous edition of the services performed at
the Duomo, printed in four vast volumes
in folio, 1619, for the use of that church
only. The printing is very neat, upon
wood, but without bars, and consequent-
ly not in score, though the parts are all
in sight, upon opposite pages; soprano and
tenor on the first, and alto and basso on
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