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though there were two or three that were agreeable, particularly a contralto, Sig- nor Cicognani, who, in a serious opera, would be a good second singer; and a soprano, Consoli, a boy of about thir- teen or fourteen, with a very sweet, but feeble voice, who possessed great taste and expression. Signor Zanotti is a scholar of Padre Martini, and one of the Maestri di Capella in the church of S. Petronio.
The next composer who took upon him the direction of the orchestra, every author beat time to his own performance, was Signor Gabrielle Vignali. His part of the service was the Confitebor, which he had set in such an inoffensive manner, that the nicest judge could not be hurt by its faults, nor the most envious critic by it [sic] beauties.
Beatus Vir was set by D. Giuseppe Co- retti, a venerable priest, who ranks very high in Bologna as a contrapuntist; indeed his music was very masterly, and, in
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