Duarte, Gaspar FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER ABOUT MUSIC MAKING IN ANTWERP, FROM GASPAR DUARTE TO CONSTANTIJN HUYGENS SIGNED AND DATED ("G DUARTE, EN ANVERS, CE 21 NOVEMB. 1640") asking him for a pair of the beautiful French and Italian airs that were presented to Huygens by a musician named La Verane, whose fine airs 'Ochi belli guarci', 'Se credi col ferir', 'Amor, darmi tormento' are in his possession, describing the domestic music ensembles they have formed at his home, composed of three instruments suitable for three ladies on spinet, lute and viola bastarda, and himself on the violin on third treble, and recommending Huygens do the same with his four sons; Duarte also expresses pleasure that His Highness [Frederik Henry] found the "manteca d'azar" agreeable, requesting confirmation of his safe conduct through the states of Holland, signed written in French in brown ink, 1 page, folio (32 x 23cms), Antwerp, 21 November 1641, some browning and fraying to edges
Duarte, Gaspar FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER ABOUT MUSIC MAKING IN ANTWERP, FROM GASPAR DUARTE TO CONSTANTIJN HUYGENS SIGNED AND DATED ("G DUARTE, EN ANVERS, CE 21 NOVEMB. 1640") asking him for a pair of the beautiful French and Italian airs that were presented to Huygens by a musician named La Verane, whose fine airs 'Ochi belli guarci', 'Se credi col ferir', 'Amor, darmi tormento' are in his possession, describing the domestic music ensembles they have formed at his home, composed of three instruments suitable for three ladies on spinet, lute and viola bastarda, and himself on the violin on third treble, and recommending Huygens do the same with his four sons; Duarte also expresses pleasure that His Highness [Frederik Henry] found the "manteca d'azar" agreeable, requesting confirmation of his safe conduct through the states of Holland, signed written in French in brown ink, 1 page, folio (32 x 23cms), Antwerp, 21 November 1641, some browning and fraying to edges
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