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and vulgar, but the accompaniments are
admirable, and well performed. The
violin and calascione parts were inces-
santly at work during the song, as well
as the ritornels. The modulation sur-
prised me very much: from the key of A
natural, to that of C and F, was not dif-
ficult or new; but from that of A, with
a sharp third, to E flat, was astonishing;
and the more so, as the return to the
original key was always so insensibly ma-
naged, as neither to shock the ear, nor to
be easily discovered by what road or re-
lations it was brought about.
Thursday 18. I was very happy to find,
upon my arrival at Naples, that though
many persons to whom I had letters,
were in the country, yet Signor Jomelli
and Signor Piccini were in town. Jo-
melli was preparing a serious opera for
the great theatre of San Carlo, and Pic-
cini had just brought the burletta on the
stage which I have mentioned before.
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