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mentioned above, which would have been thought trite and dull sixty years ago.
The Credo was composed by Signor Lorenzo Gibelli, a scholar of Padre Mar- tini, which, in point of harmony, had its merit.
The morning service was finished by a symphony, with solo parts, by Signor Gioanni Piantanida, principal violin of Bologna, who really astonished me. This performer is upwards of sixty years of age, and yet has all the fire of youth, with a good tone, and modern taste; and, upon the whole, seemed to me, though his bow-hand has a clumsy and aukward look, more powerful upon his instrument than any one I had, as yet, heard in Italy.
In the Vespero, or evening service, the Domine was composed by Signor Antonio Fontana di Carpi, a priest, and was a pleasing performance, of one movement only.
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