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Sonata prima Sonata seconda Sonata terza Sonata quarta Sonata quinta Sonata sesta Sonata settima Sonata ottava Sonata nona Sonata decima Sonata undecima Sonata duodecima
x + 121 pp.
The present edition comprises the instrumental works of Isabella Leonarda (1620–1703), an Ursuline nun who spent her entire adult life in a convent, the Collegio di S. Orsola, in Novara, Italy. A very prolific composer, Leonarda published nearly two hundred compositions during her long life. Most of these are sacred vocal works, but in 1693 she published her Sonate à 1.2.3. e 4. Istromenti, a collection comprising twelve sonatas, eleven for two violins, violone, and continuo, and one solo sonata for violin and continuo. These are the first sonatas published by a woman.
Sonata prima Sonata seconda Sonata terza Sonata quarta Sonata quinta Sonata sesta Sonata settima Sonata ottava Sonata nona Sonata decima Sonata undecima Sonata duodecima