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peculiar manner adapted to display the
powers of the performers; but it is diffi-
cult to describe their style of playing.
Their compositions when printed, give
but an imperfect idea of it. So much
expression! such delicacy! such a perfect
acquiescence and agreement together,
that many of the passages seem heart-felt
sighs, breathed through the same reed.
No brilliancy of execution is aimed at,
all are notes of meaning. The imitations
are exact; the melody is pretty equally
distributed between the two instruments;
each forte, piano, crescendo, diminuendo,
and appoggiatura, is observed with a
minute exactness, which could be at-
tained only by such a long residence and
study together.
The eldest brother has lost his under
front teeth, and complained of age; and
it is natural to suppose that the perfor-
mance of each has been better; however,
to me, who heard them now for the first
time, it was charming. If there is any
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