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This 4 page paper discusses women composers of the Renaissance (there are very few), and mentions the trobairitz who also seem to have enjoyed success in the Middle Ages. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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like Hildegard of Bingen whose names we know today (although strictly speaking she lived earlier than the Renaissance). The women who wrote music in the Renaissance period, generally considered
to be 1450-1600 or so, remain mysterious. This paper examines what Ive found out about these ladies. Discussion The biggest stumbling block for talented women who wanted to
write music was (as youve probably guessed) the society of the time (Brown). Women were not supposed to write music or leave the domestic sphere; they were to be
wives and mothers (Brown). To that end, the education provided a boy was far different from the schooling made available to a girl (Brown). Boys were expected to go
into a profession and were educated and trained for work, but girls were supposed to get married (Brown). The only reason for giving a girl even a moderate amount of
schooling was so that she would be a more accomplished and helpful companion for her husband: she could properly oversee the childrens education; and take care of business if
her husband was away (Brown). She would be more articulate and interesting and give her husband higher social status than if she were uneducated and dull (Brown). If
a woman did have talent and want to compose, Brown tells us her only choice was to enter a convent, where she would "receive the proper training and tools she
needed" to write music (Brown). This is not particularly surprising, as the Renaissance world was steeped in religion, and some of the most glorious music of the time is
church music. Nevertheless, we do have the names of some Renaissance women composers; there appear to be only five of them. They include Caterina Willaert; the San Vitro Nuns;
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