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"Had she been born in another era she would certainly have usurped or enlarged the place of the muses." —G. F. LOREDANO, OF BARBARA STROZZI

Key Points

  • The Italian cantata was a vocal genre for solo singers and instrumental accompaniment based on lyric, dramatic, or narrative poetry.
  • Barbara Strozzi was a noted singer and composer of cantatas, madrigals, and solo motets in the virtuosic new style (monody).

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