MUS 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lutheran Chorale, Alta Cappella, Recitative
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Until the 20th century, women who earned a living as professional composers were rare. Although women composed art music in every period in the history of western music, relative to men their numbers historically were very small. In the medieval era, for example a few trobaritz wrote chansons, but they were all members of the lesser nobility and thus not financially dependent upon their music for income. Likewise, there were a few women composers during the later. Renaissance and early baroque, but they were mainly cloistered nuns who wrote for the church, who were their supporters. The reason for the absence of independent women composers in the. As to musical composition, it was considered a remunerative profession, the fruits of which were exhibited in public. By societal convention, women did not engage in income- earning professions or trades. Given this tradition, the career of barbara strozzi is all the more remarkable. yu.
