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boys of the village, the band made their solemn
entrance into Anacapri a tempo di marcia blowing
their horns, clarinets and oboes, banging their
drums and cymbals and rattling their triangles
as hard as they could. Inauguration concert on
the Piazza all decorated with flags and crammed
with people, lasting without any interval till
midnight. A few hours’ dreamless sleep in the
old barracks where the English soldiers slept
in 1806, interrupted by the bursting of the first
rockets to announce that the great day was
dawning. At 4 a.m. reveille through the village
blowing lustily in the fresh morning breeze. At
5 the usual morning mass in church read as
always by the parroco assisted, in honour of
the occasion, by the band on empty stomachs.
At 7 merenda, a cup of black coffee, half a kilo
of bread and fresh goat-cheese. At 8 the church
was already filled to the last place, the men on
one side, the women on the other, their babies
asleep on their laps. In the centre of the church
the band on their specially erected tribune. The
twelve priests of Anacapri in their choirstalls
behind the High Altar embarked courageously on
the Missa Solennis of Pergolesi, trusting to
Providence and the accompanying band to see them
through. Musical intermezzo, a furious galop
played by the band with great bravura, much
appreciated by the congregation. At ten o’clock
Messa Cantata from the High Altar with painful
solos by poor old Don Antonio and tremolos of
protestation and sudden cries of distress from
the inside of the little organ, worn out by the
wear and tear of three centuries. At eleven
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