[ 229 ]
![next](graphics/next.gif)
TOC
|
Tuesday, being a festival, mass was performed in music at the church of the convent of St. Augustin. The composer was Signor Caroli, Maestro di Capella del Duomo of Bologna. There was a great band, but neither learning, taste, or no- velty to recommend the music. It con- sisted of old passages, strung together in a heavy manner, without even the merit of a little pertness now and then to en- liven it. And what rendered this music still more tiresome, was the singing, which was rather below mediocrity.
In the afternoon I went to take a me- lancholy leave of the Cavalier Farinelli. He kindly importuned me to stay longer at Bologna, and even chid me for going away so soon. I found him at his Raphael, and prevailed on him to play a good deal: he sings upon it with infinite taste and expression. I was truly sorry to quit this extraordinary and amiable person: he pressed me to write to him, if there
|