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Maddalena Laura Sirmen
12+ albums
classical periodClassicalitalian18th centuryitalia
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Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745-1818) was an Italian composer and violinist. She was born Maddalena Laura Lombardini on 9th December 1745 in Venice, Italy to an impoverished noble family. At the age of seven she began her studies at an orphanage in Venice that also taught music. In her fourteen years of study at the orphanage, Lombardini was occasionally given permission to leave and study with the virtuoso violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini, in the hope that she would develop technical and emotional capacity. Hoping to see her play the violin professionally in a European classical scene almost entirely dominated by men, Tartini paid for her tuition for musical lessons at the orphanage. At the age of twenty-one, Lombardini received her maestro's license at the orphanage, and was given permission to pursue a musical career outside Venice. She soon married renowned violinist Ludovico Sirmen in 1767. The two began touring together that same year. Although little is documented about their relationship, it appears he encouraged Maddalena’s career, respecting her compositions and relishing her successful solo career. She soon established her reputation as one of the finest and most famous violinists and composers ever taught in a Venetian orphanage. She was perhaps an even more successful composer. The newlyweds performed in Paris on the 15th August 1768, performing a double violin concerto which they had co-written, and which received glowing reviews. In 1771 Maddalena Sirm
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String Quartet No. 2 in B Flat Major
582Violin Duo in E Major, Op. 4 No. 4: I. Allegro
523Violin Duo in D Major, Op. 4 No. 2: I. Larghetto
194String Quartet no.2 in B flat major (2nd mvt)
135String Quartet No 2 in B flat major (2nd mvt)
116String Quartet no.1 in E flat major, Op.3
97String Quartet No. 3 In G Minor
98String Quartet No 4 in B flat major
79String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat Major: II. Minuetto
710String Quartet No. 3 in G Minor: II. Allegro - Sostenuto
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Tartini's Letter
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Cpo Records Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: String Quartets, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hen
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Cpo Records Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: String Quartets, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: String Quar
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Violin Concertos Cd1
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Cpo Records Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: String Quartets, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: String Qua
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Violin Concertos Cd2
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Cpo Records Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: String Quartets, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: String Quartets
Violin Concertos (Piroska Vitárius, Savaria Baroque Orchestra, Pál Németh)
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Lombardini - Six Violin Concertos Op.III
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Six Violin Concertos Op.3 CD II
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Six Violin Concertos Op.3 CD I
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Six Violin Concertos, op. III