It is reported, that the Church-Musick in Italy, far from keeping that Majesty it ought, is vastly abused the other way; and some Singers have had the Impudence to have other Words put to favourite Opera Airs and sung them in Churches. This Abuse is not new, for St. Augustine complains of it; and Palestrina prevented in his Time Musick from being banished the Churches.
[77] Tono, or Mood, and sometimes means the Key. Our Author in this Section is fond of a Pun, which cannot well be translated. Tono is sometimes writ Tuono and Tuono signifies Thunder; therefore the Ignorant answers, he knows no other Tuono but that which is preceded by Lightning.
[78] Cadences; or, principal Closes in Airs.
[79] For superior and inferior Cadences, see Pl. V. Numb. 3.
[80] Broken Cadences, see Example, Chap. V. § 13, and its Note.
[81] Cadences that fall a Fifth, with and without Words, Pl. V, Numb. 4 and 5.
[82] By the Final Cadences here mentioned, the first is at the End of the first Part of the Air; the Second at the End of the second Part: and the Third at the end of the first Part when repeated again, or at the Da Capo, as it is always expressed in Italian.
[83] For the resolved and unresolved Cadences, see Pl. V. Numb. 6 and 7.
[84] See for the Examples, Pl. V. Numb. 8.
[85] See Example, Pl. VI. Numb. 1.