Barbara Strozzi (also called Barbara Valle; baptised 6 August 1619 – 11 November 1677) was an Italian composer and singer of the Baroque Period. During her lifetime, Strozzi published eight …

Barbara Strozzi (born 1619, Venice [Italy]—died November 11, 1677, Padua) was an Italian virtuoso singer and composer of vocal music, one of only a few women in the 17th century to …

Barbara Strozzi had the good fortune to be born into a world of creativity, intellectual ferment, and artistic freedom. She made a mark as composer and singer, eventually publishing eight …

Strozzi mainly composed cantatas and arias which were expertly and lyrically written for soprano voice. Her cantatas are complex compositions, switching between multiple styles of recitative, …

Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677), a composer, singer, and intellectual activist in Venice, Italy, during its golden age, in the early and middle seventeeth century, was among the most important of …

Dec 20, 2019 · Named “la virtuosissima cantatrice” — the most dazzling singer — by a contemporary, Strozzi published eight volumes of music between 1644 and 1677, more than …

Jan 31, 2020 · Barbara Strozzi was a big name in 17th-century Italy, hailed as the most prolific composer of printed secular vocal music in Venice. But frankly, it was amazing that she was …

What little is known about Barbara Strozzi (also known as Barbara Valle) suffices to make her an extremely intriguing figure. Perhaps the most outstanding female composer of the seventeenth …

By any standard, Barbara Strozzi, a student of Francesco Cavalli, was one of the most successful women composers of the seventeenth century; indeed, she was the most prolific composer …

Jun 23, 2022 · In honor of the 402nd anniversary of her birth, we are going to take a look and a listen into the life and music of Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi (baptized Aug. 6, 1619 – …