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unable to account for. I had not time to make enquiries, as I took this church only in my way to the Incurabili, where I was so pleased, both with the compo- sition and performance, that in speaking of them I shall find it difficult to avoid hyperboles.
It seems as if the genius of Signor Galuppi, like that of Titian, became more animated by age. He cannot now be less than seventy years old, and yet it is generally allowed here that his last operas, and his last compositions for the church, abound with more spirit, taste, and fancy, than those of any other period of his life.
This evening the Latin Psalms that were sung by the orphan girls, gave me great reason to concur in the common opinion, for out of ten or twelve movements, there was not one that could be pronoun ced indifferent. There were several admir- able accompanied recitatives, and the whole abounded with new passages, with good taste, good harmony, and good sense.
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