Crossword-Solution: ARMONICA 8 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

Though severely criticized by Forkel in Germany and by the Spanish ex-Jesuit, Requeno, who, in his Italian work _Saggi sul Ristabilimento dell' Arte Armonica de' Greci e Romani Cantori_ (Parma, 1798), attacks Burney's account of the ancient Greek music, and calls him _lo scompigliato Burney_, the _History of Music_ was generally recognized as possessing great merit.

GELDESTONE HALL, BECCLES, [_April_ 10, 1839.] MY DEAR TENNYSON, I see in the last Atlas a notice of the first Concert of the Societa Armonica--there were you to be found of course seated in black velvet waistcoat (for I hope you remember these are dress concerts) on one of the benches, grumbling at most of the music.

The Atlas (which is the best weekly critic of Music and all other things that I know of) gives great [Greek text] to the Societa Armonica: especially this season, as the Directors seem determined to replace Donizetti and Mercadante by Mozart and Rossini, in the vocal department.

After an action which lasted from half-past nine till half-past eleven, she struck, and proved to be the _Santa Armonica_, a Spanish frigate of 32 guns and 271 men, 38 of whom were killed and 45 wounded.

Grand will help the company out, Père Pagin will play _God of Love_ on his violin, I the march on the Piano, and you _Petits Oiseaux_ on the armonica.