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

395 LETTERS to advance greatly with time and study. The fact is that, although for centuries harmony has been dealt with by distinguished mathematicians, there has never been a science of harmony, and it was impossible to have one, as the extra bit was missing. But the fact that this extra bit is published by a violin player is a hindrance of infinite weight. In short I need defence and backing, and I ask you, my dearest patron with your interested on my behalf, to think seriously about protecting me. I submit to you my deepest regards, as I do to Your Most Illustrious consort, and I remain as ever 114. Tartini to G.R. Carli Padua, 18 October 1754 He who gives grace and is charitable is never late in doing it. Indeed, I am doubly obliged to Your Most Illustrious Lordship, as among your serious and important matters you do not lose sight of this one of mine, which moreover I increasingly entrust to you. If the sale of the copies does not take place with full haste, it will not matter, and my need is not so urgent. It is sufficient for it to take place before the new year, if this is possible. Meanwhile, if either Your Most Illustrious Lordship or others similar to Your Most Illustrious Lordship find objections or difficulties in my system, please do me the favour of telling me frankly. This is very important with regard to the direction on which I have set out to arrive at conclusions, once and for all, on a subject hitherto either unknown or ill-fated. I convey to you my most profound respects and most cordial thanks, and remain as ever Your Most Illustrious Lordship’s most humble, devoted and obliged servant Giuseppe Tartini 115. Tartini to G.B. Martini I have waited for a long time for the secure opportunity of having the present letter delivered straight to your hands without any dangers of the post, until by the grace of God it has come. So this letter of mine will be delivered to Your Reverence by Signor Borsini, who has truly and distinctly honoured himself, and in it you shall