 From its inception the lied constituted a type of chamber music and as such fit comfortably in a domestic environment, a setting in which women had long been accepted as performers, in clear contrast to the public area, whose large scale Operas, sacred music and orchestral music had been off limits to women.It is unclear if Elisabetta de Gambarini composed lied music; however, we do know that other female composers such as Corona Schröter and Maria Theresia Paradis were lied composers.Elisabetta's "Six Sets of Lessons for the Harpsichord" are pleasant two-voice compositions (except for the March in Sonata IV, which is in three voices).