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Leonora Duarte
12+ albums
flemishbaroque17th century
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Leonora Duarte (1610 – 1678?) was a Flemish composer and musician, born in Antwerp. She belonged to a wealthy Portuguese-Jewish family who were Converso, meaning they outwardly acted as Catholics while secretly maintaining their Jewish faith and practices. She was baptized on 28 July 1610. Having been one of the six siblings, in the well known musical family of the Duartes, Leonora composed seven sinfonias which are apparently the earliest music written for viol by a woman in the 17th century. The Duarte home was a center for music-making and had contact with many important families in the Low Countries and England, including one of the most influential Dutchman of all time in regards to art and culture, Constantijn Huygens. Duarte wrote for viol consort. Her surviving compositions include seven fantasies for a consort of five viols. Duarte belonged to a well-known Antwerp family of rich jewelers and diamond merchants of Portuguese-Jewish (Converso) origin. The Duarte family left Portugal and settled in Antwerp to escape the infamous Inquisition. Her parents were Gaspar Duarte and Catharina Rodrigues, and she had three sisters and two brothers. Gaspar Duarte played the harpsichord and was musically trained (as his wife was, as well). But professionally he was a successful jewelry merchant, especially in diamonds, who built a career in commerce with his son, Diego Duarte. Gaspar was also very close friends with renowned makers of harpsichords, Ruckers and Couchet. The Duar
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Birds on fire - Jewish Music for Viols
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Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) - The Complete Sinfonias à5 for Viol Consort
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Leonora Duarte: The Complete Sinfonias À5 for Viol Consort
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Birds on fire: Jewish Music for Viols
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Amorous in music, William Cavendish in Antwerp
The Duarte Circle - Antwerp 1640
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Birds on Fire
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Seven symphonies for 5 viols
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The Complete Works
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Birds On Fire - Jewish Music For Viols: Jeremy Avis & Fretwork
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Birds on Fire - Jewish Musicians at the Tudor Court (Fretwork/Avis)
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Seven Sinfonias for five viols