202 Dr. burney’s Account of 
German boy of nine or ten years old, then in London, 
perform with great accuracy many of the moft difficult 
compofitions that have ever been written for keyed in- 
ftruments, particularly fome leflons and double fugues 
by Sebastian bach, the father of the prefent eminent 
profeffors of that name, which, at that time, there were 
very few mafters in Europe able to execute, as they con- 
tained difficulties of a particular kind ; fuch as rapid di- 
vifions for each hand in a feries of thirds, and in fixths, 
afcending and defcending, befides thofe of full harmony 
and contrivance in nearly as many parts as fingers, fuch 
as abound in the lefTons and organ fugues of handel. 
Mifs frederica, now Mrs. Wynne, a little after this 
time, was remarkable for executing, at fix years old, a 
great number of leffons by scarlatti, paradies, and 
others, with the utmoft precifion. 
But the two fons of the reverend Mr. westley feem 
to have difcovered, during early infancy, very uncom- 
mon faculties for the practice of mufic. Charles, the 
eldeft, at two years and three quarters old, furprized his 
father by playing a tune on the harpfichord readily, and 
in juft time : foon after he played feveral, whatever his 
mother fung, or whatever he heard in the ftreet. 
samuel, the youngeft, though he was three years old 
before he aimed at a tune, yet by conftantly hearing his 
brother pradtife, and being accuflomed to good mufic 
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