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pany frequently continues for a consider-
able time before they will hear a note.
A favourite author is received with shouts
of Bravo! Signor Maestro. Viva! Signor
Maestro. And when a composer is con-
demned by the audience, it is with dis-
crimination in favour of the singer, by
crying out, after they have done hissing,
Bravo pure il Guarducci*! and on the
contrary, if the performer displeases in
executing the music of a favourite com-
poser, after they have expressed their
disapprobation of him, by hissing, they
cry out Viva pure il Signor Maestro!
It was with much regret that I quitted
this venerable city, which is no less de-
lightful to strangers for the innumerable
rarities it offers to their view, than for
the easy and social manner in which they
live with the natives, as well as with each
other.
I have now given an account of the
state of music in the principal cities of
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