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| | Italian Church Music, Foundation of, 1831, History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27) |
 | | Source: Bell's Weekly Messenger, No.1827, Sunday, April 3, 1831. |
 | | To give some idea of this difficulty, it is only necessary to state, that even in the latter part of the fifteenth century, the choir of the principal church, both at Rome and Naples, was comprised almost entirely of Spaniards, Belgians, and French. |
 | | To remedy this, and likewise to provide some place for the cultivation of native talent, the academies were set on foot, and hence the real, though remote origin of the present conservatorio. |
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