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which a funeral oration was pronounced by the Abate Francesco Fanzago, and an anthem performed, which was composed on the occasion by Signor P. Maestro Valloti.
His merit, both as a composer and performer, is too well known to need a panegyric here: I shall only say, that as a composer, he was one of the few origi- nal geniusses of this age, who constantly drew from his own source; that his me- lody was full of fire and fancy, and his harmony, though learned, yet simple and pure; and as a performer, that his slow movements evince his taste and expres- sion, and his lively ones his great hand. He was one of the first who knew and taught the power of the bow; and his knowledge of the finger-board is proved by a thousand beautiful passages, to which that alone could give birth. His scholar, Nardini, who played to me many of his best solos, as I thought, very well, with respect to correctness and expression, as-
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