Description7Sonata per Mandolino e (...)Gervasio Giovanni btv1b10540698v.jpg
English: Sixth page of "Sonata for Mandolin and Bass"; music by Giovai Battista Gervasio (from Naples), given to a Prussian princess. Kept at the BnF in France. The inscription on the first page:
Sonata per Mandolino e Basso Composta per Divertimento e Studio Cammarale Di Sua Altezza Reale La Principessa Ereditaria di tutte le Prussie Dal profondo e sommesso con ogni rispetto suo umilissimo Servitore e Maestro GiovanBattista Gervasio Napolitano (manuscrit autographe) [Sonata for Mandolin and Bass Composed for Fun and Chamber Study for Her Royal Highness The Hereditary Princess of all Prussies From deep and subdued with every respect his humble Servant and Teacher GiovanBattista Gervasio Napolitano (manuscript autographe)]
Date
between 1750 and 1790
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Captions
Sixth page of "Sonata for Mandolin and Bass"; music by Giovai Battista Gervasio (from Naples), given to a Prussian princess.