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it would be ridiculous for the voice to attempt. There are many fine scenes of this kind in his works, and Hasse, Ga- luppi, Jomelli, Piccini, and Sacchini, have been very happy in such interesting and often sublime compofitions.
In the course of a long life Rinaldo di Capua has experienced various vicissitudes of fortune; sometimes in vogue, some- times neglected. However, when he found old age coming on, he collected together his principal works, such as had been produced in the zenith of his for- tune and fancy; thinking these would be a resource in distressful times. These times came; various misfortunes and calamities befel [sic] him and his family, when, behold, this resourse, this sole re- source, the accumulated produce of his pen, had, by a graceless son, been sold for waste paper!
The Roman performers from whom I received the greatest pleasure, were, in the vocal, Signor Cristofero, of the Pope's
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