Charles Burney

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

London: T. Becket and Co., 1773

Bologna

was any thing in Italy which he could
procure or do for me. I staid with him
till it was so late, that I was in danger of
being shut out of the city of Bologna, the
gates being locked every night as soon as
it is dark.

By the advice of Padre Martini I
staid at Bologna two days longer than I
intended, in order to be present at a
kind of trial of skill among such com-
posers of this city as are members of the
celebrated Philharmonic Society, founded
in 1666.

There is an annual exhibition, or pub-
lic performance, morning and evening,
on the thirtieth of August, in the church
of S. Giovanni in Monte*. This year the