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Charles Burney

The Present State of Music in France and Italy (2nd, corrected edition)

London: T. Becket and Co., 1773

Paris


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Memoire upon that subject, just publish-
ed, has gained him great reputation here.
He seems to have discovered, in the
Triple progression, the true foundation of
all the Greek Systems *. I undertook, at
his request, to carry two of his books to
Bologna, one for Padre Martini, and one
for the Institute.

At dinner to-day I again met with M.
L' Abbé Arnaud. M. Gretry, and the fa-
mous Liotard, the painter of Geneva, were
of the party. M. Gretry, the best, and, at
present, the most fashionable composer of
comic operas, has lived eight years in
Italy, and is author of the Huron, Lucile,
Le Tableau parlant
, and Sylvain; all
pieces that have had great success,
how deservedly I could not at this time
pretend to say, not having either heard
or seen them; but from the character
given them, by persons of good taste and
sound judgment, I expected them to be


* Memoire sur la Musique des Anciens,
Paris, 1770.
ex-