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hundred and twenty, and in the other,
two hundred.
That each of them has two principal
Maestri di Capella, the first of whom su-
perintends and corrects the compositions
of the students; the second the singing,
and gives lessons. That there are assistant
masters, who are called Maestri Secolari;
one for the violin, one for the violon-
cello, one for the harpsichord, one for
the hautbois, one for the french-horn,
and so for other instruments.
To my fourth enquiry he answered,
that boys are admitted from eight or ten
to twenty years of age; that when they
are taken in young they are bound for
eight years; but, when more advanced,
their admission is difficult, except they
have made a considerable progress in the
study and practice of music. That after
boys have been in a Conservatorio for
some years, if no genius is discovered,
they are dissmissed to make way for
others. That some are taken in as pen-
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