Women Composers

Consort music by a female composer of the 17th Century is something of a rarity. These works are in the English Consort tradition (one of the Sinfo...

Harpsichord pieces by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre.

Barbara Strozzi's Cantata L'Astratto for soprano (a-a'') and and basso continuo. L'Astratto, the amusing fourth cantata in Arie Op. 8 3, depicts a ...

Barbara Strozzi's Cantata Lagrime mie for soprano (c'-g'') and and basso continuo. The Lamento Lagrime mie, a plaint and a reflection on the subjec...

Barbara Strozzi's Cantata Sino alla morte for soprano (c'-b'' flat) and and basso continuo. Sino alla morte, the first Cantata of Op. 7, is an exhi...

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre's Cantata Lisle de Délos for Soprano, Violin, Flute, Oboe, Viol and Basso Continuo. This is a substantial work by co...

after a "Galgenlied" by Christian Morgenstern for treble recorder in F or G

Paris, 1708