WinsomeDefiance
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Obviously Isabelle Stayt was either talking out of her ass, or being fascetious - not having read her writing and not knowing if the quote was taken out of context or not, I can't say. Either way, if you are citing that quote as a source to prove some vague and obscure point here are just a FEW female composers: Francesca Caccini was one of the best-known female composers and performers of the Baroque era. Moreover, she is the first woman known to have written an opera. Unfortunately only one of her operas, La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina, survives. Barbara Strozzi What little is known about Barbara Strozzi (also known as Barbara Valle) suffices to make her an extremely intriguing figure. Perhaps the most outstanding female composer of the seventeenth century, Strozzi studied under respected musicians and published eight collections of her music. Music, however, was possibly not her only means of support as several sources indicate she may have been a courtesan as well. until 1500 Sappho (born c. 612 BCE) Xosroviduxt (fl. early 8th century) Sahakduxt (fl. early 8th century) Kassia (c.810–before 867) Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century) Tibors (fl. mid 12th century) Marie de France (1175?–1225?) Alamanda de Castelnau (fl. second half of 12th century) Maria de Ventadorn (fl. late 12th century) Comtessa de Dia (more commonly as Beatriz de Dia, fl. late 12th/early 13th centuries) Blanche of Castile (1188–1252) Castelloza (fl. early 13th century) Dame Margot (fl. 13th century) Duchess of Lorraine (fl. 13th century) Maroie de Dregnau de Lille (fl. 13th century) Dame Maroie (fl. 13th century) Garsenda de Proensa (fl. early 13th century) [edit] 1500 Anne Boleyn (1507–1536) Teodora Ginés (c. 1530–after 1598) Maddalena Casulana (c.1540–c.1590) Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585) Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566, fl. 1611) Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–between 1613 and 1619) Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597) Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575–after 1620) Caterina Assandra (1580–1632) Adriana Basile (c. 1580–c. 1640) Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?) Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662) Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?) Claudia Rusca (1593–1676) [edit] 1600 Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678) Sulpitia Cesis (fl. 1619) Leonora Duarte (1610–1678) Leonora Baroni (1611–1670) Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676) Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677) Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704) Mlle Bocquet (early 17th century–after 1660) Alba Trissina (fl. 1622) Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704) Amalia Catharina (1640–1697) Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–1720) Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (born 1640) Francesca Campana (died 1665) Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675) I stopped here, if I pasted the ENTIRE list of these so called non-existent female composers, I'd get modslapped for having too long a post.
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