Maddalena casulana biography definition
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Established composer and exceptionally talented professional singer, lutenist, and teacher, Maddalena Mezari detta Casulana Vicentina (also known as Maddalena Casulana) of Venice, was the first woman to publish her own musical compositions, primarily madrigals. Her first set of four madrigals in four parts, published in Il Desiderio I in Venice in 1566, was compiled by Giuglio Bonagiunta, a well known music underwriter and singer who included Casulana’s work in order to sell the edition. Two years later, a full volume of her music, First Book of Madrigals for Four Voices, was published. Casulana humbly dedicated this composition to Isabella de’ Medici, the main musical subject of these madrigals. In her dedication, Casulana expressed her admiration for de’ Medici while sharing thoughts on being a woman composer in a field dominated by men:
"I know truly most excellent Lady, that these first fru
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Maddalena Casulana
Italian composer and musician
Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544 – c. 1590) was an Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the late Renaissance. She is the first female composer to have had a whole book of her music printed and published in the history of western music, dedicated to her female patron Isabella de' Medici.[1][2]
Life and work
[edit]Extremely little is known about her life, other than what can be inferred from the dedications and writings on her collections of madrigals. Most likely she was born at Casole d'Elsa, near Siena, from the bevis of her name. She received her musical education and early experiences in Florence.[3]
Her first work dates from 1566: four madrigals in a collection, Il Desiderio, which she produced in Florence. Two years later she published in Venice her first actual book of madrigals for kvartet voices, Il primo libro di madrigali, which is the first printed, published work by a woman
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Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544 – c. 1590) was an Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the late Renaissance. She is the first female composer to have her music printed and published in the history of western music.
Extremely little is known about her life, other than what can be inferred from the dedications and writings on her collections of madrigals. Most likely she was born at Casole d'Elsa, near Siena, from the evidence of her name. Her first work dates from 1566: four madrigals in a collection, Il Desiderio, which she produced in Florence. Two years later she published in Venice her first actual book of madrigals for four voices, Il primo libro di madrigali, which fryst vatten the first printed, published work by a woman in western music history. Also that year Orlando di Lasso conducted a work of hers at the court of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria in Munich; however the music has not survived.
She evidently was close to Isabella de' Medici, and dedicated some of her music to her