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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 ]
In 1989, one of the most famous female bands, the Dixie Chicks, began playing on street corners in Dallas, Texas. The band is trio consisting of Natalie Maines as lead singer, Natalie Maguire on the fiddle and mandolin, and Emily Robison on banjo, the Dobro, guitar, and the accordion. The Dixie Chicks sold more CDs than all other country music ...
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 ...
As a basso continuo instrument the cello may have been used in works by Francesca Caccini (1587–1641), Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677) with pieces such as Il primo libro di madrigali, per 2–5 voci e basso continuo, op. 1 and Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729), who wrote six sonatas for violin and basso continuo.
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
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 ...
Legendary newswoman Barbara Walters, who died Friday at 93, may have started out on "The Today Show" and blazed a trail as the first woman to co-anchor the evening news.But she made her name over ...
Palla Strozzi (1372–1462) neglected the family bank, but played an important part in the public life of Florence, and founded the first public library in Florence in the monastery of Santa Trinita, as well as commissioning the important Strozzi Altarpiece of the Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano.