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Charles Burney

The Present State of Music in France and Italy (2nd, corrected edition)

London: T. Becket and Co., 1773

Venice
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than compose and direct: sometimes, indeed,
he writes down closes, and usually attends the
last rehearsal and first public performance.

A succession of able masters has con-
stantly been employed in these schools:
Hasse was once Maestro to the Incurabili,
and has left a Miserere, which is still per-
formed there in Passion Week, and is,
according to the Abate Martini, a wond-
erful composition *.

Signor Galuppi seems to have full
employment here, even in summer, when
there are no operas, as he is first Maestro
di Capella of St. Mark, and of the Incura-
bili. He has a hundred sequins a year as
domestic organist to the family of Gritti,
and is organist of another church, of

* I obtained, before I left Venice, a copy of
it; and since my arrival in England, I have been
honoured with a letter from Count Bujovich, of
Venice, with several interesting particulars relative
to the rise and progress of these musical institutions.
This Count, from whom I received great marks of
kindness, is a friend of Mr. Baretti, who had fur-
nished me with an introduction to him, upon my
leaving England.
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