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Benevento, a great performer on the
violin, and a good composer; the two
Bezozzis, and Pugnani; all, except the
Count, in the service of the King of
Sardinia. Their salary is not much above
eighty guineas a year each, for attending
the chapel royal; but then the service is
made very easy to them, as they only
perform solos there, and those just when
they please. The Maestro di Capella is
Don Quirico Gasparini. In the chapel
there is commonly a symphony played
every morning, between eleven and
twelve o'clock, by the king's band, which
is divided into three orchestras, and
placed in three different galleries; and
though far separated from each other, the
performers know their business so well
that there is no want of a person to beat
time, as in the opera and Concert Spirituel
at Paris, the king, the royal family,
and the whole city seem very constant in
their attendance at mass; and on com-
mon days all their devotion is silently
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