Barbara Strozzi in context / edited by Beth Glixon, Wendy Heller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glixon, Beth Lise, 1952- editor.

Heller, Wendy, 1955- editor.

Series:

Composers in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strozzi, Barbara, 1619-1677--Criticism and interpretation.

Strozzi, Barbara.

Strozzi, Barbara, 1619-1677.

Composers--Italy.

Composers.

Women composers--Italy.

Women composers.

Music--Italy--17th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Italy.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"Renowned as both a singer and composer, Barbara Strozzi was among the most accomplished and prolific composers of vocal chamber music in the seventeenth century. Her works, which have become increasingly popular in concert and recordings in recent decades, are remarkable for their musical sophistication and extraordinary range of expression-humor, irony, eroticism, pathos, and religious devotion. The adopted daughter of the poet Giulio Strozzi and mother of four children, Barbara Strozzi (who might have been a courtesan) was also for a time a participant in Venice's vibrant libertine intellectual and artistic world. This first English-language volume to focus on the composer brings together invited essays by an international group of scholars from diverse disciplines to explore Strozzi's life, her music, and the complex world she inhabited. Chapters focus not only on Strozzi, but also on other prominent women of the time, and on other issues including financial questions and matters of sexuality"-- Cambridge Core.

Contents:

Francesca Caccini / Kelley Harness

Margherita Costa and the singing bella donna / Jessica Goethals

Literary women in Barbara Strozzi’s Venice / Meredith K. Ray and Lynn Lara Westwater

Antonia Padoani Bembo / Claire Fontijn

Musical daughters of Venice / Vanessa Tonelli

Giulio Strozzi and biography / Beth Glixon

Barbara Strozzi, daughter and mother / Beth Glixon

Sex, trade, and the sex trade in Venice / Jana Byars

Considering the courtesan question / C. N. Lester

Women and wealth in early modern Venice / Isabella Cecchini

The virtuosa and the academy / Sarah Gwyneth Ross

Artemisia Gentileschi, Padovanino, and the Venetian academies / Jesse Locker

Barbara Strozzi, Nicolò Fontei, and the Accademia degli Unisoni / John Whenham

The Strozzis and the Unisoni / Julie Robarts

The unknown goddess, Opus 3, and the art of dissimulation / Wendy Heller

The religious landscape of early modern Venice / Jonathan Glixon

The sacred context for Strozzi’s Opus 5 / Jeffrey Kurtzman

Strozzi and the Habsburg connection / Andrew H. Weaver

The French context for Barbara Strozzi’s “Sul Rodano severo” / Rose Pruiksma

Sketching a context for the refrain structures in Barbara Strozzi’s Opus 1 / John Whenham

Poetic and literary choices in Barbara Strozzi’s vocal compositions / Nicola Badolato

Strozzi’s Opus 1 and Monteverdi / Beth Glixon

Barbara Strozzi’s tonal style / Gregory Barnett

Barbara Strozzi’s same-sex cantatas / Roger Freitas

Strozzi’s enigmatic conclusions / Wendy Heller

Barbara and Giulio Strozzi and the visual arts / Linda Borean

The Strozzis’ bronze doorknocker / Victoria Avery and Beth Glixon

Strozzi’s dedications / Jonathan Glixon

Some problems in the printed editions of Barbara Strozzi’s music / Tim Carter

Editing Strozzi’s ghost accidentals / Richard Kolb

Strozzi and the harpsichord / Joyce Wei-Jo Chen

The composer and her voice / Wendy Heller

Singing Strozzi today / C. N. Lester

Afterword: Barbara Strozzi at 50 / Ellen Rosand.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed March 25, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Barbara Strozzi in context

ISBN:

9781009288699

1009288695

OCLC:

1573652916

Publisher Number:

CIPO000339064

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license