francesca caccini
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Francesca Caccini. “La Cecchina ”. 1587-1645. Birth date: Sept. 18, 1587 Birth place: Florence, Italy Died: Nov. 1641 ? Buried: Florence, Italy. Family. Of birth. Father. Giulio Caccini. Mother. Lucia Gagnolanti. Sister (Younger ). Settimia Caccini. Stepmother. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
FRANCESCA CACCINI
“La Cecchina”
1587-1645
Birth date: Sept. 18, 1587
Birth place: Florence, Italy
Died: Nov. 1641 ?
Buried: Florence, Italy
FAMILYOf birth
FatherGiulio Caccini
Mother
Lucia Gagnolanti
Sister (Younger)
Settimia Caccini
StepmotherMargherita della Scala
Marriage & Children
OfFrancesca
First husbandGiovanni Battista
Signorini
First ChildMargherita Signonini
Second husband
Tomaso Raffaelli
Second child Tomaso Raffaelli
Francesca’s Career
1607-1627 Employed by the Medici court
1627-1634 Employed by Vincenzo Buonvisi
1635- Retired
La Liberazione di Ruggiero(The Liberation of Ruggiero)
History of La liberazione
1624 commissioned 1625 first performed
Opera begins
0:00 Silence 0:04 Introduction
Verse I
0:50 Verse 1 begins 1:18 Vocals begin 1:20 Strings
Bridge
1:48 Bridge
Verse II
1:56 Vocals
Bridge
2:26 Bridge 2:36 Adagio 3:06 Bridge
Verse III
3:16 Vocals 3:46 Adagio vocals 4:37 Vocals vibrato 4:54 Adagio vocals
Bridge
5:09 Loud choir
Verse IV
5:40 Two female vocals 6:16 Male vocals return 6:30 Male vocalist stops
Verse IV (cont)
6:46 Male vocals reemerge 6:56 Male vocals solo
Bibliography
Caccini, Francesca 1/2 'La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina' (1996) Pro Musica Camerata. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYfM65BSodACypess, Rebecca. Francesca Caccini, ARTICLE Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1670605/Francesca-CacciniInglese, Dominick. Essay on Francesca Caccini: “The Songbird” Who Soared. http://educationcompilation.com/index.php/book-reviews/ba-in-english/music/music-history/102-francesca-caccini-la-checcinaZuckerman, Nate, The University of Chicago, 2004. http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/IWW/BIOS/A0083.html