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he lived— and he lived to his 86th year— did the same for them 

 in the principal Church of their city, to the universal satisfaction 

 of the citizens. He likewise was the author of two volumes of very 



great utility to young students in music I °^ 80 ^ ave 



followed in the steps of my relatives, hy filing the same office as 

 my father for the Olive tans." 



Of his own passion for music he gives, in another of his little 

 writings, the following account : — " I was born in 1516. Both my 

 parents died when I was of tender age, but an uncle took care of 

 me. Having but slender means I was sent into the country for 

 maintenance ; but that kind of life not pleasing me I went to 

 Ferrara to learn music, my paternal aft." He adds that "he 

 retained the strongest impression of his father's brilliant performance 

 on the organ in the Church of St. Mary. It was such as would 

 have tamed any bear or Hyrcanian wild beast." 



If then there were any human animals of this sort in King 

 Henry's Court at Greenwich, here were several of the De Padua or 

 Padovani family capable of playing the part of Orpheus. 



King Henry's fine ear and partiality for the organ would not be 

 likely to allow him to put up very long with the bad playing of the 

 year 1515 : and though he could not at that time have employed as a 

 reformer this John Paduanius of Verona, who was not born till 1516, 

 he might very well have engaged him when 26 years of age, in 

 1542, when (according to the first patent) our John of Padua's 

 musical services began. 



2.— If, however, it should be thought (as it probably may), that 

 I have not succeeded in identifying this John Paduanius of Verona 

 with the John of Padua we are in search of, I have another string 

 to my bow : a second claimant, in the person of the " Giovanni 

 Maria " of Venice, spoken of above in Nicolo Sagudino's letter from 

 the English Court, as a foreigner to whom they looked for compo- 

 sitions in music for state entries and dances» Now this Giovanni 

 Maria's family name was also " De Padua," or " Padovani." 



The late Mr. Rawdon Browne, well known for his elaborate re- 

 searches into Venetian archives, being applied to for some possible 

 information about any " John of Padua," was so obliging as to obtain 



