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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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