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Showing posts with label women and music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women and music. Show all posts
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Susannah Arne Cibber, "the Priestess of Sensibility"

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Susannah Marie Arne, "the Celebrated Mrs. Cibber" (born 14 February 1714) Susannah Marie Arne, born in Covent Garden, was the daug...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Marianna Martines: An "Incomparable" Musician "Endowed with Superior Genius"

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Anna Catharina ("Marianna") Martines (died 13 December 1812) Born in Vienna on 4 May 1744, the musician Anna Catharina Marti...
Saturday, August 6, 2016

Barbara Strozzi: Venetian Intellectual, Performer, and Composer

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Barbara Strozzi (baptized 6 August 1619) A c. 1630 portrait, The Viola da Gamba Player , generally regarded as a portait of Barbara ...
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Maria Anna Mozart, the First Mozart Prodigy

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Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart (died 29 October 1829) The older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus, Maria Anna Mozart was born in Salzburg ...
Monday, October 26, 2015

Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel

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Mahalia Jackson (born 26 October 1911) The daughter of Charity Clark and John Jackson, Mahalia Jackson was born in New Orleans and rais...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

The Trobairitz Sing of Love

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The Trobairitz, female troubadours (22 October 1071) William IX, duke of Aquitaine and the most famous troubadour, was born on 22 Octob...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

Maria Teresa Agnesi, Composer and Performer

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Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (born 17 October 1720) Born in Milan on 17 October 1720, Maria Teresa Agnesi was the younger sister of M...
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Saturday, September 26, 2015

Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues

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Bessie Smith (died 26 September 1937) Stories about the tumultuous life and tragic death of Bessie Smith have too frequently overshadow...
Friday, September 18, 2015

Francesca Caccini, Composer, Singer, Poet, Teacher

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Francesca Caccini (born 18 September 1587) Francesca Caccini was born into a musical family: her father, Giulio Romolo Caccini, was a p...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen, Hymn Writer

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Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen, countess of  Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt  (born 16 August 1637) The daughter of Albert Frederick, count o...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Billie Holiday, Lady Day

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Billie Holiday (born 7 April 1915) Born Eleanora Fagan, Billie Holiday renamed herself and was later renamed by fans, who called ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

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Aretha Franklin (born 25 March 1942) Today is Aretha Franklin's birthday. What more needs to be said? Put on the music and enjoy.  ...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

Nina Simone: To Be Young, Gifted, and Black

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Nina Simone (born 21 February 1933) Today would have been the late Nina Simone's eighty-second birthday. Singer, songwriter, comp...
Monday, February 9, 2015

Elisabetta de Gambarini, Composer and Performer

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Elisabetta de Gambarini (died 9 February 1765) Born in London, Elisabetta Gambarini is the daughter of Charles Gambarini, variously sai...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Etta James, Queen of the Blues

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Etta James (died 20 January 2012) The great R&B singer Etta James was five days short of her seventy-fourth birthday when she ...