P.S.
The British Library's copy is a different edition - printed in 1724 by
Franco Porto.
The passages about Corbetta are on p.10-11 (not 21 - well it is late at
night). John Roberts has not translated all of it - but he must have used
the British Library copy.
And so Goodnight.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Monica Hall" <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>
To: "Lex Eisenhardt" <eisenha...@planet.nl>
Cc: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:13 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert
Sorry if I haven't made myself clear. The passage about Corbetta is in
the section about Italy. But I also read the section about England -
which doesn't mention him - but does mention many of the people at the
court of Charles II whom Corbetta would have known in the 1660s. Also
describes Whitehall, the City and Westminster Abbey. Ebert's Memoirs
were published in 1724 apparently 50 years later than his visits.
Actually I did have a look at website and the text you seem to be
referring to is slightly
different from what I have. Also the page numbering is different. There
may have been more than one edition and perhaps the sections are in a
different order. The bit about Turin is on p.21 according to my notes.
This last sentence I think you a referring to reads in my transcription.
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.
unless I copied it wrong.
I have John Roberts articles. He doesn't give a source of reference and
the quotation is in two sections with dots in the middle.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lex Eisenhardt" <eisenha...@planet.nl>
To: "'Monica Hall'" <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: "'Vihuelalist'" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:52 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert
Somehow I seem to miss the point. Where can we read about the memoirs in
Ebert's book? Are there more passages about Corbetta?
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Monica Hall [mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk]
Verzonden: donderdag 3 januari 2013 22:09
Aan: Lex Eisenhardt
CC: Vihuelalist
Onderwerp: Re: [VIHUELA] Adam Ebert
Well - I spent a lot of time looking at this some time age - the British
Library have a copy. In spite of not knowing much German or being able
to
read Gothic script I did manage to make some headway with the section
about England
which described the London of Charles II very accurately. I also copied
out the whole of the passage about Corbetta.
I also tried to find out a bit about Ebert - who seems to be a rather
mysterious figure. Clare Fontijn did suggest to me that they were
actaully Corbetta's own memoirs which Ebert stole. That seems to me to
be
quite plausible. Ebert's book wasn't published until many years after
Corbetta's death and it is not very clear how Ebert came to make all
these journeys - in particular what he was doing in England.
I haven't got time to look at the on-line version tonight but maybe I'll
find time this weekend.
Monica
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