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From: wikla@cs.Helsinki.FI (Arto Wikla)
Newsgroups: soc.women,comp.music,rec.music.classical
Subject: Re: Women Composers
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Date: 20 Mar 91 10:52:09 GMT
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In <7204@ecs.soton.ac.uk> adn@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Andrew Nimmo) writes:


>[I'm posting this on behalf of a friend with no net access]

>I'm looking for any information, references, publishers, etc.,. with
>regard to Women Composers, past and present. 

In 17th centyry in Italy there were at least two famous women composers:
Francesca Caccini was a daughter of famous Giulio Caccini. Francesca
composed for ex. some early operas in the beginning of the century.

Barbara Strozzi was a step-daughter of one of the Strozzis. She was
very competent cantata-composer around mid century. Even 70 years
later one English composer, Pepush, writes in the preface of his
collection something like (I only memorize now): "... We must give
value of inventing this our new cantata style, to the more beatuful
sex. About 70 years ago there lived in Italy certain Barbara Strozzi..."

If somebody needs more information, for ex. The Groves dictionary of 
music and musicians is quite good.
If somebody wants to know the exact information about Pepush's preface,
I may help.

Arto Wikla, Helsinki, Finland