Charles Burney

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

London: T. Becket and Co., 1773

Lisle

THE
PRESENT STATE
OF
MUSIC, &c.

LISLE.

AS I made no considerable stop till I
reached this city, the capital of
French Flanders, I here began my
enquiries, and first tried to discover the
manner of performing the Gregorian
chant, which subsists throughout France
in all cathedrals and collegiate churches.
It is oftener performed without the organ
than with; and though there are organs
in every large church in this town, and
throughout the kingdom, I find that they