EXECUTION, in the French music, is used to denote the manner of singing, or of the performance of a song. "As to the manner of singing, called in France execution, no nation may, with any probability, dispute it with the French. If the French, by their commerce with the Italians, have gained a bolder composition, the Italians have made their advantage of the French, in learning of them a more polite, moving, and exquisite execution." St Evremond.