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Ars Antigua Presents: Spring Quarter 2013

05.10.2013 - By Jerry FullerPlay

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Jacquet de la Guerre Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre is best remembered as the first French woman to write an opera (Cephale et Procris in 1694). She was born into a family of musicians and performed upon the harpsichord for Louis XIV when she was just five years old. According to contemporary accounts, she was … Continue reading Ars Antigua Presents: Spring Quarter 2013

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