CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

THE Author's birth and parentage. The commencement of

his musical studies at the age of seven years. His first

singing-masters, Passerini and Peretti. Kane O'Hara's

puppet-show. State of Music in Dublin, about the year

1777. Independence of Fischer, the celebrated oboe player.

Doctor Arne, the Cramers, Tenducci, Leoni, and Rauzzini.

Doctor Arne ruined by his predilection for alchymy. Ita-

lian Opera in Dublin. Kelly's first appearance on the

stage. Miss Brent, the original Mandane, in Artaxerxes.

Departure of the Author for Naples. The vessel boarded

by an American privateer, among the crew of which, Kelly

recognises an old servant. Arrival at Naples. Amuse-

ments during quarantine. Neapolitan hair-dresser. Mass

at the church of San Giacomo. Father Dolphin. Sir Wil-

liam, and the first Lady Hamilton, and their musical

parties. Neapolitan Dinner. Portici, Herculaneum, and

Mount Vesuvius. Pergolesi. French hair-dresser turned

hermit.
Page 1-35.

Visits to Baiæ, Pausilippo, the Grotto del Cane, and the Capo
del Monte. The Lazzaroni playing the game of mora.
Biting the thumb, Lord Tylney, Lord Bristol, Bishop of

Derry, and other English of quality at Naples. Kelly

placed under Finerolli in his musical Conservatorio. Mar-

chesi, Ansani, and Macherini, "La cantante con la per-

ruca." Magnificence of the ballets at San Carlos, under

La Picque and Rossi. The celebrated Cassaciello, at the

Teatro Nuovo. Description of all the Theatres at Naples.

Jean Cole, the famous Pulchinello. The Author patronized

by the great Neapolitan families. Introduction to Cima-

rosa. Interview with the King and Queen of Naples.

Anecdotes of those distinguished personages. Terrific

eruption of Vesuvius, in 1779. The Lazzaroni supplicate

their Saint, St. Genaro. Father Rocco's facetious impiety.

Superb annual procession of the King, Queen, and Court, to

La Madona del Piè di Grotto. Arrival of the peasantry from

Abruzzo, Calabria, and Appulia, to celebrate La Festa

della Nouvena. Dedication of the young and beautiful

daughter of the Duke de Monteleone. Cafferelli, the

celebrated soprano.

Page 35-62

Kelly's visit to Rome, with Mr. Stewart and family. Ter-

racina. Arrival in Rome. Piazza di Spagna. Motley

population and diversions in the Corso. The Roman

theatres. Unceremonious critics in the pit. Ludicrous

anecdotes of Cimarosa and Poggi, the buffo-singer. St.

Peter's. The houses of Raphael, Salvator Rosa, and

Gaspar Poussin. Pat. O'Flanagan and Cardinal York.

The village of Frascati, the scene of Paesiello's comic

opera, La Frascatana.

Page 62-71

Return of the Author to Naples.

tiful Marchesa Santa Marca.

Pachierotti and the beau-

Rencounter between the

former, and il Cavaliere Ruffo, a lover of the Marchesa.

The Author's first acquaintance with Aprile, under whom
he afterwards studied. Gaeta. Musical festival there.
Luxury of the Monks of Albruzzo. Failure of the miracle

of St. Genaro. Kelly and his music-master set sail for
.Palermo. Their reception by the Duke and Duchess St.
Michelli, and the Prince Val Guarniera. Climate of Sicily.
Sicilian ladies. Musical quarrel between Aprile and Si-
gnora Carara. Sicilian suppers, Monstrous taste of the
Prince B in the furniture of his house. Catania.

Mount Etna. Annual festival of Santa Rosalia.

Jealousy

of the Sicilians. The Author in prison. Anecdotes of

Signora Gabrielli. Kelly leaves Sicily.

Page 71-94.

Anecdotes of

Introduction

Arrival of the Author in the Bay of Leghorn.

Stephen and Nancy Storace. Lucca. Pisa.

of Kelly to Viganoni. The festival of the battle of the

bridge at Pisa. The felon, Giuseppe Afrissa. Contest of

ugliness between Soderini and Favar. Arrival at Florence,

and engagement to perform there at the Teatro Nuovo.

Lord Cowper, Sir Horace Manour, Mr. Merry, the Della

Cruscan, and Nardini, the great violinist. The Devil's

Sonata. Anecdotes of Morigi, the primo-buffo. Kelly's

first appearance on the stage at Florence, before the Pre-

tender. Anecdote of Morelli, the well-known bass-singer.

Florence and its vicinity. Singular festival at Forligani, in

honour of Santa Massinina. Beauty of the women at Sienna.

The Author's departure from Florence on his way to

Venice. The Appenines. Bologna la Grassa. Kelly, and

his holiness the Pope, divide the public attention. Theatre

at Bologna. The Author leaves Bologna, in company with

the beautiful Signora Palmíni. Ferrara. Anecdote of

Ariosto.

Page 94-125.

Arrival at Venice, where the Author, disappointed of his

engagement, was left friendless and pennyless. Venetian

theatres. Bertoni, Rubinelli, and Banti. Concerts at the

female Conservatories. Singular method adopted by the

audiences at Venice of expressing approbation. Anecdote

of the Venetian police. Venetian women. Adventure

with a sharper. Introduction to La Signora Benini.

Change in the Author's affairs.
Page 125-142.

Departure of the Author, and Signor and Signora Benini, from

Venice for Germany. Arrival at Gratz. Generals Dillon,

Dalton, and Kavanagh. Frolics of the Germans at the

carnival at Gratz. Grétry's opera of Selima and Azor.

The Author compelled to return to Italy. Phlegmatic

German postillion. Abominable roads. Anecdote of Vol-

taire. Palma Nuova. Padua. Guadagni's company of

puppets, performing L'Orpheo e Euridice. Mass, composed

by Il Padre Vallotti, at the Church Il Santo. Kelly arrives

again at Venice. The Gondoliers. Procession of the

Doge to St. Marc's in Passion-week. The Fair of the

Ascension. Magnificent ceremony of the marriage of the

Doge to the sea. Conversaziones at Venice. Anecdotes of

Sachi, the speaking harlequin. Dramatic pieces of Gozzi and

Goldino. Exorbitant demand of a singer; the biter bit. Di-

versions at Padua. Crescentini, and David, the well-known

tenor-singer. The Author's arrival at Brescia. His escape

from the assassins of Il Cavaliere Manuel, who was jealous

of his intimacy with La Bella Ortabella. Arrival at Verona.

Page 142-173.

Introduction of the Author to the Marquess and Marchioness
Bevi Acqua. Plays in the Amphitheatre of Verona. Con-