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printed in a very large note, on wood,
in four parts, the cantus and tenor on
the left side, and altus et bassus on the
right, without bars. Out of this one
book, after the tone was given by the
organist, the whole four parts were
sung without the organ. There was one
boy, and three castrati for the soprano
and contr'alto, with two tenors and two
bases, under the direction of Signor Fio-
roni, who beat the time, and now and
then sung. These services were com-
posed about one hundred and fifty years
ago, by a Maestro di Capella of the Duo-
mo, and are much in the stile of our ser-
vices of that time, consisting of good
harmony, ingenious points and contriv-
ances, but no melody.
From hence I went home with Signor
Fioroni, who was so obliging as to shew
me all his musical curiosities, he had be-
fore done me the favour to shew me those
in the Sacristia, and he now played over
and sung to me a whole oratorio of his own
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