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#ClassicsaDay #WomensHistoryMonth Week 4, 2024
What continually surprises me is how much music is yet to be discovered from earlier centuries. And also how much of it was known at the time, but somehow fell into obscurity.
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: The Violin Sonatas of 1707
De La Guerre was an innovative composer who knew how to write a melody. As this release amply shows. Time to restore her to the pantheon of French composers -- where her contemporaries placed her.
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