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VOGESUS, or VosEGUS, Mons, in Ancient Geography, Kis advertifement in Holland, concerning an organ of 

 a chain of mountains, which commenced on the confines of his own conftriiftion, which he denominated an orchejlrior.. 



the Lingones ; and after having covered the northern part 

 of the country of the Sequani, prolonged itfelf towards 

 the N., between the Leuci and Mediomatreci on one fide, 

 and the Triboci and Nemetes on the other. 



VOGHERA, in Geography, a town of Italy, in the 

 Pavefe ; i 2 miles S. of Pavia 



furpaffes the marvellous of all the magnificent mufical pro- 

 mifes that we remember. 



" The abbe Vogler, dircftor of the Royal Academy of 

 Mufic to his Swedifh majtlly, has conllrufted, after his own 

 invention and defign, (and at his own cxpence,) an organ 

 with four rows of keys, fixty-three ftops, thirty-nine pedals. 



VOGIA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Hifpania, in and three fwells, with proper refources to modify the found : 



the interior of Boetica, belonging to the Turduli. Ptol. 



VOGLABRUCK, in Geography, a town of Aufliia, 

 on the river Vogel. This place enjoys the privilege of 

 granting proteftion to all (laves, and its burghers and mer- 

 chants, together with their wares, are toll free throughout 

 all the Aullrian countries; 27 miles S.S.E. of Paflau. N. 

 lat. 48=1'. E. long. 13° 35'. 



VOGLAMARCK, a town of Auftria ; 3 miles S.W. 

 of Voglabruck. 



VOGLER, George Joseph, the Abbe, in Biography, 

 honoured by the pope with the order of the Speron d'oro, 

 or golden fpur, was born at Murzburg in 1749. He llu- 

 died compofition at Padua under Padre Valotti, and became 

 early in his life a very learned and ingenious praAical mu- 

 fician. He travelled all over Europe, exhibiting in almoft 

 every capital and great city his talents on the organ, an in- 

 ftrument which he had made his pecuhar ftudy, particularly 

 in the ufe of the pedals, and in producing new cffefts by 

 the crefcendo and diminuendo, not by the ufual method of 

 a common fwell with pipes inclofed in a particular clieft, 

 but by boxing up the whole inilrument, and increafing and 

 diminifliing the tone, not only of fingle ftops, but of the 

 entire chorus or full organ. 



In 1776, he opened a mufic-fchool at Manheim, for 

 organ-playing, for the harpfichord, and for compofition. 

 Ill 1780 he began his travels, went to Paris, performed to 

 the king, queen, and royal family at Verfailles, compofed 

 operas, and had feveral of his choral compofitions performed 

 at the concert fpirituel. In 1786 he was appointed maeftro 

 di capella to the king of Sweden at Stockholm. But in 

 1790, after vifi ting Denmark, Germany, and Holland, he 

 arrived in London, where he had pedals put to the organ in 

 the Pantheon, before that beautiful building was burned 

 down, and a general fwell contrived for the whole intlru 



of which the firft opens and flints the general cafe of the 

 pipes ; the fecond, which is a pneumatic moafure, llops the 

 wind ; the third divides and reunites the refources propor- 

 tionably to the harmonic progreffion. The breadth, height, 

 and depth of this organ is nine feet ; the temperament of it 

 is beyond conception exaft. With refpeft to the body of 

 tone, when in full chorus, it is equal to a church organ of 

 fixteen feet. In depth of found, it furpaffes thofe of thirty- 

 two feet ; in fweetnefs, the armonica. Its crefcendo governs all 

 it plays ; its diminuendo is qualified by the moll minute gra- 

 dations ; and with refpeft to variety, the connoiffeurs have 

 declared, that a concert given by the abbe on his orchejlrion, 

 being a combination of all the inftruraents in Europe, and 

 the refult of thirty years' travelling, is the utmoft extent 

 of perfedlion poffible in the art of playing and cor.ftruding 

 oi"gans." 



His theoretical works are the following: i. The Know- 

 ledge of Harmony, and its Ufe in Concert, Manheim, 1776, 

 8vo. 2. The Tuning Art, or Syilem of Temperament. 

 3. His Courfe of Lectures delivered in his Harmonic School 

 during three years. 4. A praftical work for the Catholic 

 church, entitled " Paradigma Modorum Ecclefiailicarum." 

 5. Ecce Panis, Chorus. 6. German Mafs for the Organ. 

 7. Sufcipit Ifrael, compofed for the Concert Spirituel at 

 Paris. 8. Four-part Fugues, upon the Stabat Mater of 

 Pergolefi. 9. Pfalmum Miierere decantandus 4 Vocib. cum 

 Organ, et Baffis. S.D. Pio VI. pontifici compofitus. Spire. 

 10. Vefpers Chorales. Spire. For the theatre, The Mer- 

 chant of Smyrna, an operette ; and fix more operas, ferious 

 and comic, to French words, at Paris. And works for 

 the organ and piano forte, publi.'hed throughout Europe, 

 innumerable. 



We beheve that this aftive and indefatigable mufician has 

 at length become ftationary in Denmark, and in the capital 



ment ; and in a feries of morning performances on that or- of that kingdom has been fome time projefting new plans for 



gan, ftiewed his dexterity in the ufe of the pedals, not only the cultivation and improvement of mufic as a fcience, as 



in the crefcendo and diminuendo, but in innumerable imitations, well as a liberal and praAical art. 

 many of which were thought imaginary, and but for the VOGOGNA, in Geography. See Ugogna. 

 ample promifes and defcription in his bills of fare, would VOGTLAND, a country included in the kingdom of 



perhaps not have been difcovered. Saxony, Ctuated between the territory of Erzgebirg, Bo- 



The fcience of this extraordinary mufician was thought hernia, the electorate of Saxony, and the principality of 



by fome to degenerate into pedantry, and the fplendid pro- Culmbach. It is very hilly, and abounds in woods, but 



niifes in his advertifements to border on charlelanerie ; fo the former cannot be faid to be altogether unfruitful, as 



that his fuccefs was not equal in our country to his real producing either trees and plan's, or being improved by 



merit. Had he promifed and attempted lefs, the public tillage. In fome parts likewife they yield copper, iron, 



would have been more juft and even generous in the eftima- lead, and filver, with other minerals, fuch as alum. Here 



tiou of his talents ; but having injudicioufly promifed feem- is alfo no want of any kind of pri)vifi»ns ; the fields afford- 



ing impoffibilities, what was poffible, and what he really did 

 perform, was fnllenly heard with an unwillingnefs to be 

 pleafed. What he really did achieve was often uncommon 

 and well deferving of appLaufe, though perhaps not fo much 

 as he expefted. 



His publications in different parts of Europe are innu- 

 merable ; but thofe in theory favour fo much of the mar- 

 vellous, that, on the continent, they are become proverbial. 

 So that when any thing extraordinaiy in mufic was propofed 

 or advertifed, muficians ufed to cry out, oh ! this is a la 

 Fogler! 



ing grain and efculent herbs ; the fine pattures in the valleys 

 droves of excellent cattle, the woods plenty of venilon and 

 game, and the waters a variety of fiffi. The principal 

 rivers are the Elder and the Saal. The name of Vogtland 

 iignifies the country poffeffed by the ancient advocates of 

 the empire, who were predeceffors to the prefeiit counts of 

 Reuffen. But the counts of Reuffen at prefent enjoy only 

 a part of it. The greateil part of this country belongs to 

 the eleftoral houfe of Saxony. The margraves of Bran- 

 denburg Culmbach are poffeffed of the lordftiip of Hof, 

 and the lordffiip of Ronneburg is vefted in the houfe of 



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