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The violin and its music, 1885
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 84. See the scan on archive.org.
1concert with above thirty more, all at the charge of Cardinal Ottoboni, who assisted."
3Some account of the position, tastes, and habits of Corelli's friend and patron, Cardinal Ottoboni, can hardly fail to interest the reader; I therefore extract the following from the "Gentleman's Magazine," March, 1740: "Cardinal Ottoboni died on February 17th, aged 72. He was advanced to the purple at the age of 22. He died possessed of nine abbeys in Ecclesiastical States, five in that of Venice, and three in that of France. He was Dean of the Sacred College, and in that quality Bishop of Velletri and Ostia, Protector of France, Archpriest of St. John de Lateran, and Secretary of the office of the Inquisition. He had a particular inclination, when young, to music, poetry, and classical learning, composing airs, operas, and oratorios.* He made the greatest figure of any of the Cardinals, or indeed, of any other person in Rome, for he had the soul of an emperor, nor was there any princely nation but what he endeavoured to imitate, entertaining the people with comedies, operas, puppet shows, oratorios, academies, &c. He was magnificent in his alms, presents, and entertainments at festivals. In the ecclesiastical functions he likewise shewed great piety and generosity, and his palace was the refuge of the poor, as well as the resort of the virtuosi. In his own parish he entertained a
5* It is doubtful whether his musical knowledge went this length. I have failed to find any account of these compositions.
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