{"id":76066,"date":"2022-07-25T14:29:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T18:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=76066"},"modified":"2022-07-25T14:34:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T18:34:30","slug":"feature-five-forgotten-women-composers-baroque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/07\/25\/feature-five-forgotten-women-composers-baroque\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURE | Five Forgotten Women Composers Of The Baroque Era"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): Leonora Duarte (CCOC 4.0 International); Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (public domain); Barbara Strozzi (public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Going by representation in current repertoire, you’d be forgiven for mistakenly believing there were, in fact, no women composers during the Baroque era, covering about 1600 to 1750.<\/p>\n

While it is certainly true that European society of that era did not encourage women to be anything other than wives and mothers, there were a surprising number who nonetheless managed to carve a notable career as composers and musicians in their own time.<\/p>\n

Rich patrons and connections helped many to compose, and some even to publish, in an era where there was zero opportunity for women.<\/p>\n

Wealth didn’t help, however, when their work was forgotten, sometimes for centuries, after their deaths. Just as the work of Joseph de Bologne and other Black composers<\/a> was neglected by programmers until very recently, much of the music written by women has been lost to time.<\/p>\n

Francesca Caccini (1587-1640)<\/strong><\/h3>\n