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where he experiments with musical modes and scales inspired by ancient music theory. For this purpose, he developed two new instruments, such as a "violone panharmonico" and a "cembalo triharmonico". Notwithstanding his interest in ancient musical practices, in his theoretical writings on music (e.g. "Della musica dell'età nostra che non è punto inferiore, anzi è migliore di quella dell'età passata", Rome 1640, and "Note … sopra la musica antica e moderna, indirizzato al Sig.r Nicolò Farfaro", 1640/41), he praises the modern music culture in contemporary Rome and defended the modern music against the criticism of Nicolò Farfaro, an
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Apart from his activities as an ethnographer, Della Valle was also a composer and a writer of theoretical treatises on music. He composed several dialogues (actually brief oratorios) on biblical subjects. His only preserved work is an oratorio composed for l'Oratorio del
Croficisso di San Marcello,
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By 1665 the portion of his "Travels" dealing with India and with his return had been translated into
English. They contain accounts of his discussions with "Hindoo" Brahmans about whether the Egyptians or Indians first came up with the concept of reincarnation, a dialogue with a woman who invited
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Viaggi di Pietro Della Valle il pellegrino, con minuto ragguaglio di tutte le cose notabili osservate in essi: descritti da lui medesimo in 54 lettere familiari all'erudito suo amico Mario
Schipano, divisi in tre parti cioè: la Turchia, la Persia e l'India. Colla vita e ritratto
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John Gurney has two informative articles on della Valle: One is J. D. Gurney. "Pietro della Valle: The Limits of
Perception" in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 49 (1986), no. 1, pp. 103–116; the other one is his entry in the
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When Shah ʿAbbās returned to winter quarters at Faraḥābād, Della Valle, who was unwell, went to
Isfahan, where he hoped the Augustinians and Carmelites would restore him to health. On his return to Isfahan he began to think of going back home through
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Pietro Della Valle was also a famous book collector. "In a letter written in
Damascus and Aleppo, dated June 15, 1616, Della Valle described his delight at finding some rare Samaritan manuscripts, some of them with glosses in Arabic, for sale."
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and married her a month later. While in the Middle East, he made one of the first modern records of the location of ancient
Babylon and provided "remarkable descriptions" of the site. He also brought back to Europe inscribed bricks from
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on 2 April 1586, to a wealthy and noble family. His early life was spent in the pursuit of literature and arms. He was a cultivated man, who knew Latin, Greek, classical mythology, and the Bible. He also became a member of the Roman
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orphan of a noble family. She had been adopted by his first wife as a child, had travelled with him, and was the mother of fourteen children. He died in Rome on 21 April 1652, and is buried at his family's burial vault at
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and made his way to the coast. While waiting for transport, his wife died shortly after delivering a stillborn child. It was not until
January 1623 that he found a passage for Surat on the
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R. Amalgia, 'Per una conoscenza piii completa della figura e dell'opera di Pietro della Valle', Rendiconti dell'Accademia dei Lincei, series vin, vol. vi, 1951, 375–81.
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Other letters from Persia have been edited by F. Gaeta and L. Lockhart, viaggi di Pietro della Valle: Lettere dalla Persia, vol. I, Rome, 1972.
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A complete edition of della Valle's letters to Mario
Schipano is by G. Gancia, Viaggi di Pietro della Valle, il Pellegrino, Brighton, 1843
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for several musical spectacles, such as "Il carro di fedeltà d'Amore", (music by his teacher of harpsichord
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on 28 March 1626. There, he was received with many honours, not only in literary circles, but also from
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