court, 10 months ago

#OnThisDay in #history - Barbara Strozzi was baptized in 1619. From Venice, #Italy - Barbara was an accomplished singer from a young age and accompanied her signing at age 12 with a lute. In her early teens, she began training as a composer as well, Francesco Cavalli.
Barbara composed music prolifically also writing the poetic lyrics herself, and published 8 volumes of her own work. In her lifetime, she had more secular music in print than any other contemporary.
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