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ther singular and fevere upon his brother composers.
He thinks that they have nothing left to do now, but to write themselves and others over again; and that the only chance which they have left for obtain- ing the reputation of novelty and inven- tion, arises either from ignorance or want of memory in the public; as every thing, both in melody and modulation, that is worth doing, has been often al- ready done. He includes himself in the censure; and frankly confesses, that though he has written full as much as his neighbours, yet out of all his works, perhaps not above one new melody can be found, which has been wire-drawn in different keys, and different measures, a thousand times.
And as to modulation, it must be al- ways the fame, to be natural and pleas- ing; what has not been given to the public being only the refuse of thou- sands, who have tried and rejected it,
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