Complex sentence: Strepponi's older brother Francesco became the "maestro di cappella" at the Church of the Beata Vergine Incoronata in Lodi, and his sister Giovanna was a schoolmistress in the city.
Split into simpler sentences: Strepponi's older brother Francesco became the "maestro di cappella" at the Church of the Beata Vergine Incoronata in Lod. His sister Giovanna was a schoolmistress in the city.