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Francesca Caccini

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Francesca Caccini

SEPTEMBER 18, 1587 - JUNE ? 1641

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INSTRUMENTS

  • Spanish guitar
  • Lute
  • Harp
  • Theorbo
  • Viol
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CHILDHOOD

  • She worked as a musician at the Medici court at age 20
  • Came from a family of well-known composers and singers
  • Grew up in Florence, Italy
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FAMILY

  • Her dad was Giulio Caccini
  • Her mom was named Lucia Gagnolanti
  • She had 1 sister named Settimia

FAMILY PT. 2

  • Her daughter was Margherita
  • Her first husband was Giovanni Battista Signorini
  • Her second husband was Tomaso Raffaelli
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FACTS

  • She was an Italian composer
  • She was in the Baroque era
  • Nicknamed “La Cecchina”
  • Her nickname translates to “The Songbird”

FACTS PT.2

  • Most of her music was written for a lute
  • Died at age 53
  • She wrote poems in Italian and Latin
  • Was a singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher

FACTS PT. 3

  • Her first opera was called “La liberazione di Ruggiero”
  • Her first opera translates to “The Liberation of Ruggiero from the island of Alcina”

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Was the first woman to write an opera
  • Wrote one of the first operas
  • Most famous European woman musician in her lifetime