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vocal performers were more numerous, and they sung a mass in eight parts, four on a side, very well; it was composed by Orazio Benevoli, of the Roman school, who flourished soon after Palestrina, and, for that time, and that kind of music, is excellent. There are no regular fugues, the subjects are changed with the words, and little or no effect is produced by the melody, when divided among so many parts; but the points and imitations must be short, or the movement would be end- less. However, the effect of the whole, to lovers of harmony, is admirable.
After the services were ended, Signor Veroli, a very good soprano, sung a grave motet a voce sola. He is usually the first singer in the serious opera here, and has a very pleasing voice, with a considerable share of taste. The motet was composed by Padre Dreyer, Maestro di Capella of the Annunciata. He was formerly a famous singer at Dresden, with a soprano voice, but on account of the too great notice
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