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Rosanna Scalfi Marcello
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italian18th centurywomen composers
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Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (1704 or 1705 – after 1742) was an Italian singer and composer. Rosanna Scalfi was a gondola singer of Venetian arie di battello, and was taken as a singing student by Italian nobleman, magistrate, writer, and composer Benedetto Marcello about 1723. The two were secretly wed in a religious ceremony on 20 May 1728, when she was twenty-four years old. However, this marriage to a commoner was unlawful and they never completed the civil requirements. After Marcello died of tuberculosis in 1739, the marriage was declared null by the state, and Rosanna was unable to inherit his estate. Left destitute, she filed suit in 1742 against Benedetto's brother Alessandro Marcello, seeking financial support, but her claims were rejected. She appeared as Arbace in Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli's Artaserse at St. Salvatore during the Ascension season that same year. She composed twelve cantatas for alto and basso continuo, writing most if not all of the texts, as well. The manuscript volume, Twelve Cantatas for Alto Voice and Basso Continuo (ca. 1730), has been published in modern edition by Deborah Hayes and John Glenn Paton (Fayetteville, AR: ClarNan Editions, 2012). The editors' preface includes a biography of the composer, notes on the cantata lyrics and music, and guidelines for performance. The edition also contains continuo realizations, poetic rendering of the lyrics in Italian, and English translation. List of cantatas I. Io ti voglio adorar II. In questo giorn
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Impara dal mio core
26212 Cantatas, No. 7 "Arde quest'alma": Aria: Non v'e core più infelice del mio core innamorato
15312 Cantatas, No. 1 "Io ti voglio adorar": Aria: Tu quello sei che primo amai
14412 Cantatas, No. 1 "Io ti voglio adorar": Recitative: Di non inteso inusitato affanno sento
13512 Cantatas, No. 1 "Io ti voglio adorar": Aria: Io ti voglio adorar
13612 Cantatas, No. 4 "Solcare il mar tranquillo": Recitative: Cosi avviene al cor mio
13712 Cantatas, No. 3 "Quand'io miro in oriente": Recitative: Il prato, il colle, il rio
12812 Cantatas, No. 4 "Solcare il mar tranquillo": Aria: S'alla crudel tempesta
11912 Cantatas, No. 2 "In questo giorno": Aria: Quel chiaro e lento rio
111012 Cantatas, No. 2 "In questo giorno": Recitative: In questo giorno e in questa solitaria foresta
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