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Happening to know that little Mozart was much taken notice 

 of by Manzoli, the famous finger, who came over to England in 

 1764, I faid to the boy, that I mould be glad to hear an extem- 

 porary Love Song, fuch as his friend Manzoli might choofe in an 

 opera. 



The boy on this (who continued to fit at his harpfichord)iooked: 

 back with much archnefsj and immediately began five or fix lines 

 of a jargon recitative proper to introduce a love fong. 



He then played a fymphony which might correfpond with an. 

 air compofed to the fingle word, Affetto. 



It had a firft and fecond part, which, together with the fym- 

 phonies, was of the length that opera fongs generally laft : if this 

 extemporary compofition was not amazingly capital, yet it was 

 really above mediocrity, and mewed moil extraordinary readinefs 

 of invention. 



Finding that he was in humour, and as it were infpired,. I 

 then defired him to compofe a Song of Rage fuch as might be 

 proper for the opera fbge. 



The boy again looked back with much archnefs, and began five 

 or fix lines of a jargon recitative proper to precede a Song of Anger. 

 This lafted alfo about the fame time with the Song of Love ; 

 and in the middle of it he had worked himfelf up to fuch a pitch, 

 that he beat his harpfichord like a perfon poflefifed, riling fometimes 

 in his chair. The word he pitched upon for this fecond extem- 

 porary compofition Was* Perfido. 



After this he played a difficult leffon, which he had finimed-a 

 day or two before d ; his execution was amazing, confidering 



that 



d He publiftied fix fonatas for the harpfichord, with an accompany- 

 ment for the violin, or German flute, which are fold by R. Bremner, in 

 the Strand, and are intituled, Oeuvre Troii™. 



that 



