Magdalena Walter-Mazur is Professor at the Institute of Musicology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Her current interests include the musical culture of female convents in the 17th and 18th century. She combines her interest in the relations between music, spirituality, and social life with archival study.

• Female monasticism - Nun’s musical culture - Female Benedictine cloisters in Poland - Cloister ceremonies - Cloister liturgy - 17th-century music - 18th-century music - Nuns-musicians - Musical sources - Musical manuscripts - Polychoral music - Cantionals - Organ music books - Vocal-instrumental music - Keyboard music

Magdalena Walter-Mazur is Professor at the Institute of Musicology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Her current interests include the musical culture of female convents in the 17th and 18th century. She combines her interest in the relations between music, spirituality, and social life with archival study.

• Female monasticism - Nun’s musical culture - Female Benedictine cloisters in Poland - Cloister ceremonies - Cloister liturgy - 17th-century music - 18th-century music - Nuns-musicians - Musical sources - Musical manuscripts - Polychoral music - Cantionals - Organ music books - Vocal-instrumental music - Keyboard music

Magdalena Walter-Mazur is Professor at the Institute of Musicology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Her current interests include the musical culture of female convents in the 17th and 18th century. She combines her interest in the relations between music, spirituality, and social life with archival study.

• Female monasticism - Nun’s musical culture - Female Benedictine cloisters in Poland - Cloister ceremonies - Cloister liturgy - 17th-century music - 18th-century music - Nuns-musicians - Musical sources - Musical manuscripts - Polychoral music - Cantionals - Organ music books - Vocal-instrumental music - Keyboard music