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A Scott ifh fon^, thus performed, v .i i* >r.^ Ids Uv he t w i eirt^rva ' n-•
-ments to a mufical genius But is tdvi > ^’;uh\s to h a in
the performer or hearer? It cannot; Genius in imil’ic, as in poetrv,is the
g*ift of heaven. It is horn vdth us ^ it is not to be learned.
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An artift on the violin may difplay the ma^ic of his finders,in running-
from the top to the bottom of the finger-hoard^ in various intricate
capricious, vhich,at most, vi! 1 only excite furprife^ while a very middle
= ing p erformer, of tafte and feeling, in a fuhject that admits of the
pathos, veil] touch the heart in its fineft fenfations. The fineft of the Italian
compofers, and many of their fingers, poffefs this to an amazing degree.
The opera airs of these great mafters, Pergolefe, Jomelli, Galuppi, Perez,
and many others of the prefent age , are aftonifhingly pathetic and mov^
i ing. Genius, hoveever, and feeling, are not confined to country or climate.
A maid, at her fpinning wheel, who knew not a note in mufic, with a
fweet voice, and the force of a nathe genius, has oft drawn tears from
my eyes. That gift of heaven, in fhort, is not to he defined^ It can
cnly he felt