FRANCESCA CACCINI

LASCIATEMI QUI SOLO

• https://youtu.be/xvw66rtLpkg
• Uplifting
• Made for a soloist
• Italian

ANOTHER SONG IS ROMANESCA

• https://youtu.be/bIYvV4CIAow

ANOTHER SONG IS THREBO AND VOICE

• https://youtu.be/ftsin4oTCmE

FAMOUS

• Famous
• Talented

FAMILY

• Sister Settimia
• Father
• Half brother Pompeo

EARLY LIFE

• At her performances she played with her family

LATER IN LIFE

• After Caccini's first husband (Giovanni Battista Signorini, with whom she had one daughter, Margherita, in 1622) died in December 1626, she quickly arranged to marry again in October 1627, this time to a melophile nobleman in Lucca, Tommaso Raffaelli.

WORKS

• Francesca Caccini wrote some or all of the music for at least sixteen staged works. All but La liberazione di Ruggiero and some excerpts from La Tancia and Il passatempo published in the 1618 collection are believed lost.

NICKNAME

• Francesca Caccini, also called Francesca Signorini, Francesca Signorini-Malaspina, or Francesca Raffaelli, byname La Cecchina,

MONEY

• She became the most paid musician in Medici court

WEBSITE I USED

• YouTube.com
• Wikipedia.com
• Haiku deck.com
• Britannica.com