Francesca Caccini
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Francesca Caccini
SEPTEMBER 18, 1587 - JUNE ? 1641
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- Was written in 1618
- Means “Soften My Weeping”
- Was written for a lute
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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
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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”
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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
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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”
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ACHIEVEMENTS
- Was the first woman to write an opera
- Wrote one of the first operas
- Most famous European woman musician in her lifetime
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