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Principe, or President, was Signor Petro- nio Lanzi. The band was very nume- rous, consisting of near a hundred voices and instruments. There are two large organs in the church, one on each side of the choir; and, besides these, a small one was erected for the occasion, in front, just behind the composer and singers. The performers were placed in a gallery, which formed a semi-circle round the choir.
In the Messa or Morning Service the Kyrie and Gloria were composed by Sig- nor Lanzi, President for the second time. His music was grave and majestic; it opened with an introduction, by way of overture, of a considerable length, which afterwards served as an accompaniment to the voices in a very good chorus: there were likewise in it several pleasing airs, and a well-written fugue.
The Graduale was composed by Signor Antonio Caroli, in the same dry and uninteresting stile as the performance
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