Music in Naples (1771) [ People ]
… that instrument than either he or any one I heard there. She has great neatness, and more expression and meaning in her playing, than is often found among lady-players; for ladies, it must be ovwned, though frequently neat in execution … rather disappointed me; his performance has nothing very surprising in it now: he is not young, indeed; and solo playing is never wanted or regarded here; so that teaching and orchestra playing are his chief employments. He performed, however, most admirably the famous Neapolitan air, which the common …
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