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of Giardini's composition very well; he was the most brilliant performer on the violin that I met with at Naples.
And now, having given the reader an account of the musical entertainment which I received at Naples, I hope I shall be indulged with the liberty of making a few reflections before I quit this city, which has so long been regarded as the centre of harmony, and the foun- tain from whence genius, taste, and learn- ing, have flowed to every other part of Europe, that even those who have an op- portunity of judging for themselves, take upon trust the truth of the fact, and give the Neapolitans credit for more than they deserve at present, however they may have been entitled to this celebrity in times past.
M. de la Lande's account of music at Naples, is so far from exact, that it would incline his reader to suppose one of two things, either that he did not attend to
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