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- Title
Musica Divina: The Musician Nuns of the Convent of Santa Clara in Oporto (1760-1830).
- Authors
Bresciac, Rosana Marreco
- Abstract
The article focuses on the history of musician nuns of the Convent of Santa Clara in Oporto. It mentions that works carried out by the nuns affected the music production such as two organ cases are visible in the interior of the church. It also mentions that King John V, a devoted Catholic, was responsible for a major investment in the construction and refurbishment of church buildings and the arts produced for religious institutions.
- Subjects
NUNS as musicians; CHURCH music; JOHN V, King of Portugal, 1689-1750; CHURCH building design &; construction; RELIGIOUS institutions
- Publication
Sacred Music, 2020, Vol 147, Issue 2, p45
- ISSN
0036-2255
- Publication type
Article