Excerpt from Musical Reminiscences: Containing an Account of the Italian Opera in England, From 1773; Continued to the Present Time, and Including the Festival in Westminster Abbey<br><br>Worse), many English amateurs retain like myself the love for the good Old style, and for the compositions of those excellent masters which modern caprice has thrown aside as Obsolete, but which must ever be considered by real judges as far superior to the fantastical and trifling frippery of the modern school. My remarks will no 'doubt appear very old-fashioned, and it is natural they should be so; but if it were possible to suppose they should be read fifty years hence, I think it very probable they would then be considered to be founded in truth and justice; as the present fanciful style seems to be such as must speedily pass away, and be replaced by one more true to nature, more resem bling at least, if not quite reverting to, that simpler kind, which must invariably please all who are susceptible of feeling the genuine, unsophisticated expression Of really fine music. But I am anticipating what, if it is said at all, will find a more proper place hereafter.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.