John Howell wrote:
At 7:13 PM -0500 2/5/05, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 5 Feb 2005 at 10:33, John Howell wrote:
Since male musicians were trained in the church's choir schools--no girls need apply--the girls who did get a musical education usually got it in the home, from parents who were musicians.
Females were also trained in music in convents, but were often cloisterd, so their music making never went outside its original context. Bob Kendrick has done substantial work on this subject.
Any insight on a question that has puzzled me? Why was musical education considered (apparently) so important for the girls and young women who studied with Vivaldi at the Ospedali? One presumes that since orphans don't have dowries, they were being prepared for employment. Was music a positive factor in that? Never have seen anything written about it.
John
I wonder if the preparation was to make them suitable for hire as tutors to young ladies, which at that time might have included teaching them music for the drawing room. Just a conjecture, absolutely no research to back it up.
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