Anna Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)400 aniversario de la brillante compositora del barroco italiano

  1. Sandra Soler 1
  1. 1 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

Journal:
Artseduca

ISSN: 2254-0709

Year of publication: 2020

Issue: 25

Pages: 85-96

Type: Article

DOI: 10.6035/ARTSEDUCA.2020.25.6 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

Anna Isabella Leonarda was born in the Italian town of Novara, 40 km from Milan, into a noble family. She took her vows at the age of 16 (1636) and together with some of her sisters was a nun in the convent of Sant’Orsola in Novara. Isabella Leonarda was the name chosen by her when she became a nun of the Ursulines. Her family maintained close ties with Sant’Orsola as benefactors. Isabella held various positions of authority throughout her life in the convent: as mother (1676), superior (1686), vicar (1693), and consigliera (1700) (Carter, 2002). Once she reached such a position, she was able to devote more time to composition. Thus, most of the nuns were obligated to perform minor tasks at fixed times. However, the dedication of her Opus 10 offers a contradictory vision, since she apologizes for the weakness of her works, exposing that she wrote them during the hours dedicated to rest so as not to neglect her duties. Possibly he made of the composition a vehicle for the expression of his intense devotion.

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