That's very helpful - it gives the sense of it. Claire did say to me that
she had seen something in Latin in Harvard University Library. I thought
it was a version of the Memoirs but it doesn't seem to be the same.
I don't suppose the whole thing is Corbetta's memoirs but it perhaps it
includes some material from them.
Monica
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From: "Lex Eisenhardt" <eisenha...@planet.nl>
To: "'Monica Hall'" <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: "'Vihuelalist'" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 11:24 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert
Thanks, this is very interesting!
My Gothic is not what it used to be, but I will give it a try:
'Every foreign (?) musician who performed at court in Turin was given 500
Thlr. ; and Madame Royale wished to show her generosity [show herself as
'exceptional' (?) to her time], by not withholding Signor Corbetto
anything [abbrechen may be a wordplay with regard to Corbetta's broken
nail].
Corbetto much complained [btw, Gothic k looks like f], that he had come
from England with great difficulty [Schaden], and while [sintemahl] he had
let people from Italy on his guarantee come there [to Turin], to make
music , [Musique can also be consort or ensemble, but is ambiguous] he had
to pay them afterwards [nochmals - again?] out of his own pocket.'
'He had brought a daughter with whom we made acquaintance, to trace with
her Father [-s belongings] the specific [besondere] Memoires about the
courts he had visited, at an occasion when the father was bedridden.
Peregrinant [the author presents himself as a pilgrim] has given the
Signore [Corbetta? Or is it signora, the daughter?] a Louis d'Or [a coin]
to secretly bring the materials [die Sachen] to his [? their?] home [,
and] when she brought it back another Pistolette [coin] for her own use.'
In Claire Fontijn's bibliography I only see another book by Ebert,
'Anecdota sive' from 1715. You'll find it here
http://books.google.be/books?id=8ztBAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=nl&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
A reference to Corbetto can be found on page 3. It seems a history of
Europe, written in hardcore Latin...
I doubt that Eberts Reise Beschreibung is identical with Corbetta's
memoires. But of course Ebert can have used information from those. The
descriptions are likely written by someone who has visited all these
places. He must have been a member of an important family as he was
welcomed at the highest courts, while only c 20 years of age.
Ebert calls Amsterdam the most beautiful city in the world (p.26).
Probably true, at that time.
Lex
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Monica Hall [mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk]
Verzonden: vrijdag 4 januari 2013 8:43
Aan: Lex Eisenhardt
CC: Vihuelalist
Onderwerp: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert
I scrolled through the whole of the section on Italy until he got to
Sicily.
Part of the text relating to Corbetta seems to have been edited out. The
missing bit in the British Library copy on p.11 reads as follows...
Es ward einem jedem fremden Musico, so in Turin am Hoffsich hören liess
500.
Thlr. gegeben; und wolte Madame Royale sich darinn absonderlich zu ihren
Zeiten sehen lassen, und dem Signor Corbetto izo nichts abbrechen.
Corbetto flagte sehr, das er mit grossen Schaden aus England gekommen
sintemahl er die Leute aus Italien der Musique wegen auff seine Garantie
dahin kommen lassen,und dieselbe nochmahls aus seinen Beutel auszahlen
müssen.
Er hatte eine Tochter mitgebracht mit welcher man sich darumb besandt
gemacht, weil ben den Vater besondere Memoiren vor den Höffen alwo er sich
auffgehalten zu spühren als der Vater einsmahl Bettlägerig, gab
Peregrinant gedachter Signore ein Lovisdor di Sachen unter de Hand nach
Hause zu friegen wann sie wieder gebracht noch eine Pistolette des wegen
darvor derselben geniessen zu laffen.
The spelling may be a bit askew as I copied several years ago and some of
my old files were corrupted when they were transferred to my new computer.
If you can translate it into English I would be grateful for a copy as
John Roberts has only summarised it.
Monica
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