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composition. He likewise favoured me
with a copy of one of his own services,
in eight parts, in score, for two choirs,
which I begged of him, with the design
to publish it, in order to convince the
world, that, though the theatrical stile
and that of the church are now much
the same, in Italy, when instruments and
additional singers are employed, yet the
ancient grave stile is not wholly lost.
Piccini had been at Milan this year,
during the carnival, for which he com-
posed a serious opera. The principal
singers were, first man, Signor Aprile;
first woman, Signora Piccinelli; and the
two principal dancers were M. and Mad.
Pic.
After the carnival he composed a bur-
letta, called Il Regno nella Luna, for the
performers, who were still here. Piccini
had been gone from hence but a little
while before my arrival.
There is no serious opera at Milan but
in carnival time. The first burletta I
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