Giuseppe Tartini - Lettere e documenti / Pisma in dokumenti / Letters and Documents - Volume / Knjiga / Volume II

311 LETTERS I cannot see. But that which I, on reading it, see and recognise is more than enough for me to remain so fulfilled and pleased by it that I sincerely confess to you that this is precisely one of the few things to have surprised me, and internally caused a certain surge I have never understood as it pertains to nature, not to studies; but which I feel considerably, when the productive source is of such strength and flavour as this one is. May God bless you, maintain you and cause you to prosper in all your things, so that you may frequently feel the desire to produce such things. I bow to you with all my respects and remain Your Most Illustrious Lordship’s most humble, devoted and obliged servant Giuseppe Tartini Venice, 18 November 1746 56. Tartini to G.V. Vannetti Your Most Illustrious Lordship’s most courteous letter found me in Venice, not in Padua, and therefore I did not answer you promptly. As soon as I returned, I saw appear here before me, personally, Signor Girolamo, recommended to me as a student by Your Most Illustrious Lordship, whereas I was thinking of replying to you and begging you to postpone this for a few months, until one of my old students provides a place. For two years, due to my age and fatigue, I have had to cut the number of my students by half, so that, by occupying just three days a week giving lessons, the other three would remain without occupation and free from all toil. But this year (precisely because of this last arrival) I shall necessarily be busy every day. I am sorry about this and it is bothersome to me; but I shall sacrifice bother and displeasure to Your Most Illustrious Lordship, to whom I am too much indebted; and in truth (not to make you think more highly of me) if anyone else had commanded me to do this, I certainly would not have done it. May the present case serve you as real proof of my gratitude, debt, and respect towards Your Most Illustrious Lordship, to whom as I convey my most obsequious respects, I remain as ever Your Most Illustrious Lordship’s most humble, devoted and obliged servant Giuseppe Tartini Padua, 7 December 1746