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At the Duomo, or great church, which,
in size, is superior to every Gothic struc-
ture in Italy, and said to be nearly equal
in magnitude to St. Peter's at Rome,
there are two large organs, one on each
side the choir. On festivals there are
oratorios, a due cori, for two choirs, and
then both organs are used; on common
days only one. There are two organists;
M. J. Bach, before his arrival in England,
was one of them; at present the first or-
ganist is Signor G. Corbeli; he is rec-
koned a very able man in his profession;
I heard him play several times, in a mas-
terly grave style, suited to the place and
instrument.
Friday, July 17. After hearing the
service chanted in the Ambrosian manner,
peculiar to this place, I was introduced to
Signor Gianandrea Fioroni, Maestro di Ca-
pella at the great church, who invited me
into the orchestra, shewed me the ser-
vices which were just going to be sung,
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