How a 17th-century exile's archive reveals a family obsession with the guitar
In short: In 1643, Sir Ralph Verney fled the English Civil War for France. His preserved letters and financial records offer a rare glimpse into how his family embraced the guitar as a fashionable pastime while in exile.
The archive of Sir Ralph Verney, an English landowner who settled in Blois during the Civil War, contains unpublished letters and financial accounts. These records reveal that nearly every member of his family learned to play the guitar.
The collection provides significant insight into the music they performed, the instruments they purchased, and the motivations behind cultivating such a light and fashionable musical interest while living far from England.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: An Englishman (with a Guitar) Abroad - Christopher Page FBA
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