Description
Publisher: Conrad Misch
Instrumentation: 2 soprans, bass, 2 violins and basso continuo
Edition: parts and score
Difficulty: advanced
“Antonia Bembo was an Italian composer and singer, active in Paris during the later part of Louis XIV’s reign. In 1654 she was studying with Francesco Cavalli. She married a nobleman, Lorenzo Bembo, in 1655; they had three children, Andrea, Giacomo and Diana. Before 1676 Antonia Bembo left Venice an went to Paris. Bembo’s music can be dated from 1697 to 1707 and includes sacred and secular vocal compositions which she dedicated to Louis XIV and other members of the royal family.”
