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a trio between him, Signor Veroli, and
the second maestro of the Nunziata, whose
voice is a Baritono. The music of the
mass was by Signor Soffi, of Lucca, but
he not being present, Signor Veroli beat
time to the chorusses. Besides the verses
which Signor Manzoli sung in the mass,
with which I was very much delighted,
though his voice seemed less powerful,
even in a small church, than when he was
in England, he performed a charming
motet, composed by Signor Monza of
Milan.
Signor Guarducci, and Signor Riccia-
relli, left Florence a few days only be-
fore my arrival there, otherwise I might
have heard a duo sung by Signor Man-
zoli and Signor Guarducci, who performed
together at a private concert: this was a
loss the more to be regretted, as these two
great performers are seldom in the same
place, and very rarely sing together.
At present, though Florence does not
abound in musical geniusses of it's own
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