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Earthly Angels: Music from 17th-Century Nun Convents | Alba ABCD426

Earthly Angels: Music from 17th-Century Nun Convents

£12.83

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Label: Alba

Cat No: ABCD426

Barcode: 6417513104264

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 1st March 2019

Contents

About

In the Duchy of Milan in what is now northern Italy, it was a common practice in the 17th century for young girls to enter a convent. In many cases, this was because of circumstances rather than devotion and could not be described as voluntary: at the time, the dowry that a bride’s family was expected to pay her groom on marriage had become incredibly large and hence in many cases unaffordable. According to Robert L. Kendrick (Celestial Sirens, 1996), as many as 75% of the daughters of some aristocratic families in Milan became nuns around the turn of the 17th century; in the second half of the 17th century, the percentage was 48%.

The nuns of some convents were very well known in the surrounding community and had both an inner church for their own devotions and an outer church that visitors could attend. These two churches were separated by a wall, so that there was no visual contact between the nuns and the visitors. Sound, on the other hand – speech and song – passed freely through openings near the ceiling.

Earthly Angels Ensemble:
- Kajsa Dahlbäck (soprano, conductor)
- Anna Villberg (soprano)
- Peter Spissky (violin)
- Aira Maria Lehtipuu (violin)
- Andrew Lawrence-King (Baroque harp)
- Eero Palviainen (lute)
- Marianna Henriksson (organ)

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