Francesca Caccini at the Medici court
Subtitle: music and the circulation of power
By: Suzanne G. Cusick.
Series: Women in culture and society
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9780226132129
Subjects: Caccini, Francesca, -- 1587-ca. 1640; Medici, House of; Women composers -- Italy -- Biography; Feminism and music; Music -- Italy -- Florence -- 16th century -- History and criticism; Music -- Italy -- Florence -- 17th century -- History and criticism; Florence (Italy) -- Social life and customs
Genres: Biography.
Description: A colleague of Galileo and Artemisia Gentileschi at the Medici court, Francesca Caccini was a dominant figure of musical life there for 30 years. She is best remembered today as the first woman to compose opera. This is a study of her life and works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Figliuola del celebratissimo Giulio Romano; title: To win the girl, or, Francesca as object of desire; title: Power, desire, and women among themselves; title: Musica to the Granducato; title: Who was this woman?; title: Voice lessons : introducing the Primo libro delle musiche; title: Being, doing, and allegories of voice; title: After Arianna; title: La liberazione di Ruggiero amid the politics of regency; title: Performance, musical design, and politics in La liberazione di Ruggiero; title: Cataclysms of widowhood; title: Afterlives.