Compositrices (Bon, von Bayreuth, Jacquet de la Guerre)

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Marta Gawlas
Natalia Olczak
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Anna Bon
Wilhelmine von Bayreuth

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Composition History

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, a harpsichordist and composer, published her Sonates pour le viollon et pour le clavecin in 1707 and dedicated them to King Louis XIV.

Critical Reception

King Louis XIV, after hearing Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre's sonatas performed, reportedly remarked that they 'ne ressembloient à rien' ('were like nothing else'), a high compliment for a female composer of that era.

Composition History

Wilhelmine of Bayreuth's Flute Sonata in A minor, written around 1731, was identified as an autograph manuscript by Nikolaus Delius in 2003.

Composer Biography

Wilhelmine of Bayreuth, a composer and Margravine, had a special relationship with the flute as it was the favored instrument of her husband and her brother, King Frederick II of Prussia.

Composition History

Anna Bon dedicated her Opus 1 print, consisting of six flute sonatas, to Margrave Frederick of Bayreuth, who had taken lessons with Michel Blavet and Quantz.

Composer Biography

Anna Bon, a composer and harpsichordist, was trained at the famous Venetian Ospedale della Pietà and came into contact with the Bayreuth court through her mother, the singer Rosa Bon.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Anna Bon, a harpsichordist, acknowledged in her dedication that some passages in her flute sonatas might be awkward because the flute was not her primary instrument.