#OnThisDay in #history - in 1620 Isabella Leonarda was born in #Italy - at age 16, Isabella entered an Ursuline convent, where she began her prolific #music#composition career. She was well known for her skills in her home city of Novara, and wrote at least 200 songs. She also taught the nuns in her convent how to play music. She was the first woman to publish her sonatas, and did so throughout her life. She died at age 83, after a 60 year long career. #OTD#histodons@histodons
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1724, Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa was born in #Germany - fascinated and talented at #music#performance and #composition from an early age, she was made a member of Accademia dell’Arcadia of Rome in 1747. Maria published her operas anonymously under the name EPTA. Through marriage she was Electress of #Saxony and was regent for her son from 1763-1768. She died in Dresden, aged 55. #OTD#histodons@royalhistory@histodons