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When he had finilhed, Matter Wefley had a curioiity to try 

 him in tranfpofmg through the octave in the major third ; which" 

 Crotch inflantly did, and in a manner too peculiar not to be fully 

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The tune pitched upon for trying this experiment a fecond time 

 was, as before, the Minuet de la Cour ; but Crotch conceiving at 

 once what Matter Wefley wifhed to be a witnefs of, only played 

 three or four bars of the firft part, and then inftantly changed 

 the key throughout the o£tave. 



I mall here infert one of Crotch's Voluntaries, which was taken 

 down whiltt he was playing it. I told the child that it mould be 

 publifhed as Crotch's compofklon ; on which he wifhed to be filled 

 Doctor, which title it feems Dr. Randal of Cambridge, and mu* 

 fical profeflbr there, had given the boy. The exact notes of this 

 extemporary flight, are here given, though the third bar may be 

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