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Caccini, Francesca
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A complete facsimile of the original publication of "Il Primo Libro." Includes brief biography, introduction to the collection, bibliography, and links.
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Francesca Caccini's Il Primo Libro Il primo libro delle musiche: a facsimile Enter...Biographical essay, recommended books and recordings, and links. Also a bibliography.
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Caccini, Francesca Caccini was one of the few women to achieve individual success and recognition for her artistic endeavors during a time when such a status for women was unheard of. A large part of this was due to her father, Guilio...Biography with family and background information and noted works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=1459
Art song listing at recmusic.org with Italian text.
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Francesca Caccini (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Classical Vocal Music) Translators and other volunteers Contact Information Copyright Statement Partial Bibliography Emily's Homepage Emily's Amazon wishlist Please visit Artsconverge, a Lieder-related web-project on which I once did some work. Composer: Francesca Caccini (1587-c1640) Alphabetic listing of musical settings [warning not exhaustive...Biographies of the woman called "La Cecchina" (the Songird) noting abilities as vocalist, instrumentalist, and composer from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Francesca Caccini Francesca was still quite young, Guilio married another singer, Margherita della Scala. Francesca's younger sister, Settimia, like Francesca was a singer and composer, and their brother, Pompeo, also was known as a singer during his time. With a background like...