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Genovieffa Ravissa
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women composers18th centuryitalianfemaleclassical period
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Madame Ravissa de Turin (b. late 18th century; died February 20, 1807) was an Italian singer and composer. She was from Turin, but apparently lived in Paris from 1778 until 1783. She published six sonatas for harpsichord in Paris in 1778, on which she was described as Maîtresse de Clavecin et de Chant italien. A copy of the sonatas survived in the collection of Kaiser Franz II of Austria. In 1933 the manuscript was discovered in storage at Steiermärkischer Musikverein by musicologist Ernst Fritz Schmid, and is now housed at Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna. In 1778 her work was described in the Parisian Almanach Musical as "bold modulations that the Italians love and our timorous composers do not dare to allow themselves. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Harpsichord Sonata No. 6 in D major, Op. 1
72Harpsichord Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1: II. Allegro con brio
73Harpsichord Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro
74Harpsichord Sonata No. 1 in F Major/A Major, Op. 1: II. Allegro moderato
65Harpsichord Sonata No. 4 in G major, Op. 1
56Harpsichord Sonata No. 1 in F Major/A Major, Op. 1: I. Andante comodo
57Harpsichord Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1: II. Andante
48Harpsichord Sonata No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1
49Harpsichord Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1: I. Largo cantabile
310Harpsichord Sonata No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 1
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