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180:. Her melodic lines are singable and carefully attentive to the text. Casulana favoured dramatic dialogue in her polyphonic vocal works. This is demonstrated in her madrigal, "Morte - Che voi - Te Chiamo?", in which she alternates different voices to highlight the questions and answers of the text.
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The following line in the dedication to her first book of madrigals, to
Isabella de' Medici, shows her feeling about being a female composer at a time when such a thing was rare: " want to show the world, as much as I can in this profession of music, the vain error of men that they alone possess the
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Florence, based on information contained in dedications, and likely she went to Venice as well, since her music was published there and numerous Venetians commented on her abilities. She made at least one voyage to the French imperial court in the 1570s.
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she published other books of madrigals, all at Venice. Sometime during this period she married a man named Mezari, but no other information is known about him, or where she (or they) were living. Evidently she visited
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In 2022 it was announced that a further 17 madrigals have been added to her surviving repertoire, with twelve of the pieces being played for the first time in 400 years on 8 March 2022 as part of the
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This painting by
Artemisia Gentileschi, representing Saint Cecilia, has become identified with Maddalena Casulana since 2010. However, there is no evidence that it is actually a portrait of Casulana
214:
Briscoe, James R., comp. New
Historical Anthology of Music by Women.. Indiana University Press, 2004, 3 compact discs accompanying an anthology of scores. Originally released in 1991.
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Bonds, Mark Evan. A History of Music in
Western Culture. Vol. 1. Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2014, 6 compact discs accompany text of same title. Originally released in 2010.
30:. 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
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conducted a work of hers at a wedding in
Bavaria suggests that he also was impressed with her ability. A total of 66 madrigals by Casulana have survived.
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This index provides a list of
Casulana's works and a reference from the original publication. Available recordings are provided in the third column.
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Understanding Music: Student’s
Compact Disc Collection. Sony Music Special Products A3 24952, 1996, 3 compact discs accompany textbook of same title.
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Heere-Beyer, Samantha E. "Claiming Voice: Madalena
Casulana and the Sixteenth-Century Italian Madrigal." MM thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 2009.
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Full Well She Sang: Women’s Music from the Middle Ages & Renaissance. Marquis MAR 81445, 2013, compact disc. Originally released in 1991.
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English and
Italian Renaissance Madrigals. Virgin 7243 5 61671 2 4, 1999, 2 compact discs. Originally released in 1987.
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Pendle, Karin. "Musical Women in Early Modern Europe." Women & Music: a History, Indiana University Press, 2001.
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Terzo libro del desiderio. Madrigali a quattro voci di Orlando Lasso et d'altri eccel. Musici con un dialogo a otto
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Hadden, Nancy. "Changing Women: Performers, Patrons and Composers in Renaissance Europe."
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MacAuslan, Janna and Kristan Aspen. "Noteworthy Women: Renaissance Women in Music."
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gifts of intellect and artistry, and that such gifts are never given to women."
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Verklingend und ewig: Raritäten aus der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel.
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Italian Renaissance Madrigals. EMI Classics CDC 7 54435 2, 1992, compact disc.
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Full Well She Sang: Women's Music from the Middle Ages & Renaissance.
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Full Well She Sang: Women's Music from the Middle Ages & Renaissance.
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Full Well She Sang: Women's Music from the Middle Ages & Renaissance.
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Full Well She Sang: Women's Music from the Middle Ages & Renaissance.
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LaMay, Thomasin. "Madalena Casulana: My Body Knows Unheard of Songs." In
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260:, cond.). Recorded July 4–9, 2011. Rondeau ROP6054, 2011, compact disc.
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1111:: Vom Verzichten und Begehren: Die Madrigale von Maddalena Casulana."
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Lindell, Robert. "Music and Patronage at the Court of Rudolf II." In
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Newcomb, Anthony. "Giovanni Maria Nanino’s Early Patrons in Rome."
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Casula, Madalena (1567). Bonagionta da San Genesi, Giulio (ed.).
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LaMay, Thomasin. "Composing from the Throat: Madalena Casulana's
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Alternative names: Madalena Casulana di Mezarii, Madalena Casula.
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her first actual book of madrigals for four voices,
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22:(c. 1544 – c. 1590) was an Italian composer,
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502:Morir non può il mio cuore
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358:Ben venga il pastor mio
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302:Ahi possanza d'amor
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32:Isabella de' Medici
1156:"Amorosetto Fiore"
1106:Indi non piĂądes io
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