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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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