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Barbara Strozzi
12+ albums
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Barbara Strozzi (also called Barbara Valle) (Baptised August 6, 1619, Venice - November 11, 1677, Padua) was an Italian Baroque singer and composer. She was the adopted, and most likely illegitimate, daughter of Giulio Strozzi. Giulio incorporated her into his series of discussion groups, or academies, particularly the "Accademia degli Unisoni", wherein she was both called upon to sing, and to contribute to the discourse. Her father arranged for her to study with composer Francesco Cavalli. Until recently, it was believed that Strozzi was a courtesan, since she was unmarried and since her relationship to her father's friends in the Accademia degli Unisoni was referred to as licentious. However, evidence that at least three of her four children were fathered by the same man (Giovanni Paulo Vidman) indicates that she was probably his paramour, or mistress, at least while he was alive. After his death it is likely that Strozzi supported herself by means of her savvy investments and by her compositions. Although she dedicated her publications to several important figures, including Ferdinand II of Austria and Sophia, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg, there is no evidence that these "patrons" directly supported her. Strozzi is unique among both male and female composers for publishing her works in single-composer volumes, rather than in collections. Her output is also unique in that it is comprised entirely of vocal chamber music, rather than opera or instrumental music. She pu
top songs
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Amor dormiglione
4,1402Merce di voi
3,4273Lamento del Marchese Cinq-Mars
3,0054Che si può fare?
2,1825Strozzi: Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op. 2: L'Eraclito amoroso
1,3466Strozzi: Arie, Op. 8 No. 6: "Che si può fare"
7697Strozzi: Che si può fare? (Arr. Pluhar)
7598Lagrime Mie (B Stozzi)
5069Strozzi: Ariette a voce sola, Op. 6: XVI. Amante loquace (Chi brama in amore)
48610Diporti di Euterpe, Op. 7: Lagrime mie
461albums
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Barbara Strozzi - Diporti di Euterpe
Strozzi: Diporti di Euterpe, Op. 7
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Fiocco, J.H.: Lamentation Secunda / Strozzi, B.: Merce Di Voi / Monteverdi, C.: Exulta Filia Sion
Barbara Strozzi
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Strozzi: Voglio cantar - Arie, Op. 8 No. 6: "Che si può fare"
Metamorfosi - Baroque Impressions
Barbara Strozzi: La Virtuosissima Cantatrice
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Lamenti Barocchi, Vol. 3
Saffo Novella. Dúos i àries de soprano i baix continu de Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
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Barbara Strozzi: Virtuosissima compositrice
Strozzi: Primo libro de' madrigali, Op. 1
Barbara Strozzi: Arias and Cantatas