Dames in majeur : Vrouwelijk muziekmecenaat in de Republiek der Nederlanden

This PhD dissertation aims to gain a better understanding of female music patronage during the time of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (1579-1795). A problematic aspect of a historical study of women in the Republic is their low visibility in historical sources. It is known from surrounding countries that such patronage in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries can be related in particular to princely courts; however, these were not present in the Republic, except for a single court of a royal exile. Here were Stadtholders with some regal allure, nobility and merchants who amass... Mehr ...