Note 65 — THIRD PERIOD. TILL HIS DEATH IN 1827. PART II.
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He merely saw two representations, one of which was the Barber of Seville, but without hearing a word of them. At his desire the score was sent to his lodgings, and after he had looked through it he made this curious remark:—"Rossini would have been a great composer if his master had oftener given him a sound flogging."