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air. The words are taken from three or four of the Psalms in Latin, from the hymn Salve Regina, and one of the Can- ticles put into Latin verse, and in dialogue. I knew not whether I was most delighted with the composition, or with the execu- tion; both were admirable.
Signor Buranello has preserved all his fire and imagination from the chill blasts of Russia, whence he is lately returned*. This ingenious, entertaining, and elegant composer abounds in novelty, in spirit, and in delicacy, and his scholars did his music great justice. Several of them had uncommon talents for singing, particu- larly Rota, Pasqua Rossi, and the Ortolana; the two last sung the Canticle in dialogue. The overture, and the whole of this last performance were for two orchestras. In the overture, which was full of pretty
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