Music in Naples (1771) [ People ]
… fancy in his compositions, with a tincture of not disagreeable madnes. It was here that I had first the honour of being presented to Lord Fortrose, from whom I afterwards received many singular favours. I was likewise introduced to the … connoisseur in music; perfectly well acquainted with the different stiles of all the great composers of Europe, past and present, and discriminates very well in speaking of their several merits. To him I communicated my plan, and with him I … best harpsichord players and writers for that instrument at Naples." … Music … Italy … Curiosity … Charles Burney, The Present State of Music in France and Italy: or, the journal of a tour through those countries, undertaken to collect …
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