Francesca Caccini at the Medici Court: Music and the Circulation of Power [With CD (Audio)]

by Suzanne G. Cusick

Book Overview

A contemporary of Shakespeare and Monteverdi, and a colleague of Galileo and Artemisia Gentileschi at the Medici court, Francesca Caccini was a dominant musical figure there for thirty years. Dazzling listeners with the transformative power of her performances and the sparkling wit of the music she composed for more than a dozen court theatricals, Caccini is best remembered today as the first woman to have composed opera. Francesca Caccini at the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226132129
• ISBN13: 9780226132129
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"