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Barbara Strozzi (also called Barbara Valle; baptised 6 August 1619 – 11 November 1677) was an Italian composer and singer of the Baroque Period. During her lifetime, Strozzi published eight volumes of her own music, and had more secular music in print than any other composer of the era. [ 1 ]
Magnificat has particularly championed and performed music by women composers Francesca Caccini, Isabella Leonarda, Barbara Strozzi and Chiara Margarita Cozzolani and has hosted a conference on Women and Music in Seventeenth Century Italy. Magnificat's annual concerts, recordings, and participation in music festivals have won audience and ...
Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677), an Italian singer and composer; Filippo Strozzi the Elder (1428–1491), an Italian banker and aristocrat; Filippo Strozzi the Younger (1489–1538), an Italian banker and aristocrat; Filippo di Piero Strozzi (1541–1582), an Italian military officer; Giulio Strozzi (1583-1652), a Venetian poet and libretto writer
Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652), composer of the famous Miserere, copied from memory on two hearings by the 14-year-old Mozart; Giuseppe Allevi (1603 or 1604-1670) [2] Filippo Amadei (fl. 1690–1730) Gaetano Amadeo (1824–1893) Marco Ambrosini (born 1964) Cataldo Amodei (1649–1693) [3] Felice Anerio (c.1560–1614) Giovanni Francesco Anerio ...
L'Orfeo (SV 318) (Italian pronunciation: [lorˈfɛːo]), or La favola d'Orfeo [la ˈfaːvola dorˈfɛːo], is a late Renaissance/early Baroque favola in musica, or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio.
Amal Clooney, formerly Amal Alamuddin, was crowned the most fascinating person of 2014 by Barbara Walters Sunday night - and from how it sounds, it's because of the man she married. "This is Amal ...
Barbara Walter is being remembered by her former colleagues, friends and longtime fans. The former TODAY co-host and legendary journalist died at the age 93.
By 1614 she was the court's most highly paid musician, because her musical virtuosity exemplified the idea of female excellence projected by Tuscany's de facto regent, Grand Duchess Christina of Lorraine. [citation needed] Most of her stage music was composed for performance in comedies. In 1618 she published a collection of thirty-six solo ...