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The Ospedale della Pieta is the main setting of Rosalind Laker's (pen name of Barbara Ovstedal) The Venetian Mask (1992) Corona, L. (4 November 2008). The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice. Hachette Books. ISBN 9781401395377. (2008) is a romanticized history of the women who were abandoned and studied in the Ospedale della Pietà.
The four great Venetian Ospedali (Ospedali Grandi, also referred to as the Ospedali Maggiori) - the Ospedale della Pietà, the Ospedale degl'Incurabili, the Ospedale di Santa Maria dei Derelitti, and the Ospedale di San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti - were charitable hospices, which provided a wide range of services for the needy of Venice.
Agata della Pietà is known to have written several musical compositions, including a setting of Psalm 134 Ecce nunc for compline. Harpsichordist, Elizabeth Anderson completed a reconstruction of this work in 2022 and it was first performed by the Australian Chamber Choir in Melbourne in May 2022. [ 1 ]
Her exact date of birth is unknown because Anna Maria was an orphan at the Ospedale della Pietà (Pietà Hospital) in Venice. The orphanage was established to raise girls who would be useful to society. Babies would be dropped off through a secret opening barely large enough for them, first created in 1696.
Anna Girò (also Girrò or Giraud) (c1710—c1748 or later), also known as l'Annina del Prete Rosso, la Nina del Prete Rosso, or l'Annina della Pietà, was the stage name of Anna Maria(?) Maddalena Tessieri (or Tesieri, Teseire or Testeiré), an Italian mezzo-soprano / contralto of the 18th century.
In the tradition of the Ospedale della Pietà, where some of the singers were trained to sing below the normal contralto range, the chorus is scored for SATB. The string orchestra is augmented by timpani , 2 trumpets , mandolino , 4 theorbos , 5 "viole all'inglese" ( viols ), 1 viola d'amore , 2 recorders , 2 chalumeaux (soprano) , "Clareni ...
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Nostra Signora della Fortuna [9] 17 January 1637 [10] Chiesa dei Santi Vittore e Carlo, Genoa: Pope Urban VIII Our Lady of Piety [11] 31 August 1637: Chapel of the Pieta, Saint Peter's Basilica: Pope Urban VIII [a] Madonna della Strada [12] 15 August 1638 Church of the Gesù, Rome: Pope Urban VIII Madonna di Santa Teresa [b] [13] 16 September 1638