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Strange, Ryland, Morgan, Sit arpe, and Heath, 

 of Great-Britain, stand high in the list of modeni 

 engravers. Audran, Monet, Simon, and Beau- 

 VARLET, of France, have received much praise; 

 and PoRPORERTi, Morcpian, Bartolozzi, Tes- 

 TOLiNi, Cyp.Riani, and several others, of Italy, de- 

 serve t-Q be mentioned with the greatest respect. 



MUSIC. 



In ihtAx^^ hi Music, the century under consi- 

 deration fiirnished several events and characters 

 worthy of being recorded. These relate either to 

 discoveries and improvements in the principles of 

 music; distinguished composers in this art; or 

 those who have rendered themselves famous by 

 the excellence of their personal performances. 



The principles of music have been considerably 

 improved during the last age. The origin and 

 laws of Harmony were little understood before the 

 commencement of this period. Facts and rules 

 w^ere known ; and the improvements of the cele- 

 brated Corelli, in Counter point, at the close of 

 the preceding age, have received great and just 

 praise. But the philosophy of harmonv had been 

 very imperfectly developed until M. Rameau, a 

 scientific musician of France, early in the century, 

 undertook the investigation of this subject, and 

 introduced into it more light and order than had 

 been before known. He exhibited the foundation 

 and the principles of harmony, and the source of 

 that pleasure which it affords; he anah^sed the 

 consonances in music ; he explained the mutual de- 

 pendence of harmony and melody, and formed the 

 laws of each into a distinct code, in a manner more 

 luminous and satisfactory than any of his prcdeces- 



