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Caccini

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[kaht-chee-nee] / kɑtˈtʃi ni /

noun

  1. Giulio c1546–1618, Italian singer and composer.


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Sigismondo d’India was a young Italian composer at the explosively creative dawn of the 17th century, the time of Gesualdo, Frescobaldi, Monteverdi and Caccini.

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2021

Caccini wrote it during a brief but glorious moment for women in music.

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2018

If Caccini warrants a place alongside the greats of her time — and she does — then her “Alcina” deserves a production to match.

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2018

DiDonato, with pianist David Zobel, chose an enchantingly quixotic programme of love songs in Italian, from Caccini to Pizzetti.

From The Guardian Aug. 28, 2010

Jacopo Peri and Caccini were among the first workers in the comparatively new form, and they both took the same subject, Eurydice.

From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

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