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The Decline of Counterpoint in Italy

The one caprice that was for Paganini alone And he puts in it a really funny solfegeo trick With someone like me spot straight away but no one else ever sees. The decline in counterpoint happened after the 1770s In Naples There was an economic crisis in Naples and conservatois lost all their money. A lot of the Maestro's left and the standards went down. By the end of the 18th century they were in a quite a sorry state.

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