Barbara Strozzi
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Barbara Strozzi was an Italian composer and singer of the middle Baroque Period. During her lifetime, Strozzi published eight volumes of her own music, and had more secular music in print than any oth
Title page of Diporti di Euterpe, Strozzi's Opus 7, consisting of 8 cantatas.
Giambattista Marino
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Giambattista Marino was an Italian poet who was born in Naples. He is most famous for his epic L'Adone.
Barbara Strozzi
…compositional talent. Her lyrics were often poetic and well-articulated. Like many of her contemporary composers, Strozzi mostly used texts from the poet Marino. These Marinist texts would serve as a vehicle to express herself as well as to challenge the gender roles of her time. Il primo libro di madrigali…
Portrait of Giovanni Battista Marino, c. 1621. Oil on canvas, 81.0 x 65.7 cm. Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts
Title page of L'Adone
Rime del cav. Marini (1674)