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Padre Martini is a Franciscan, and
Maestro di Capella of the church belong-
ing to that order in Bologna. He has
many years been employed in writing the
History of Music, of which the first vo-
lume only has, as yet, been published.
Two editions, one in folio, and one in
quarto, were printed at the same time in
Bologna, 1757; a second volume is in
the press, and he proposes finishing the
work in five volumes. The first volume
is chiefly employed in the History of
Music among the Hebrews; the second
and third will comprise that of the an-
cient Greeks; the fourth, the Latin or
Roman music, with the history of music
in the church; the fifth and last vo-
lume will be appropriated to modern
music, with some account of the lives
and writings of the most famous musi-
cians and ingravings of their heads. We
reciprocally agreed upon an open and
cordial correspondence, and a mutual pro-
mise of considence and assistance; but
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