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heard high mass performed under the direction of Signor Galuppi, composer of the music. Upon this occasion there were six orchestras, two great ones in the galleries of the two principal organs, and four less, two on a side, in which there were likewise small organs. I was placed very advantageously in one of the great organ lofts, with Signor Latilla, assistant to Signor Galuppi*. The mu- sic, which was in general full and grave, had a great effect, though this church is not very happily formed for music, as it has five domes or cupolas, by which the sound is too much broken and reverbe- rated before it reaches the ear.
From hence I went again to a church called la Celestia, which was very much crowded. The mass was set to music by Signor Furlanetto, master to the Pietà: the resources of this composer are very few; he has little fire and less variety,
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