Barbara Strozzi

Wikipedia: Barbara Strozzi (also called Barbara Valle; baptised 6 August 1619 – 11 November 1677) was an Italian singer and composer. Her Baroque compositions were published in her lifetime.

Strozzi was said to be "the most prolific composer – man or woman – of printed secular vocal music in Venice in the Middle of the century."^[6] Her output is also unique in that it only contains secular vocal music, with the exception of one volume of sacred songs.^[7] She was renowned for her poetic ability as well as her compositional talent. Her lyrics were often poetic and well-articulated.

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