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Francesca Caccini

1587 - 1640

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Francesca Caccini (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃeska katˈtʃiːni]; 18 September 1587 – most likely between 1641 and 1645) was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era. She was also known by the nickname La Cecchina [la tʃekˈkiːna], given to her by the Florentines and probably a diminutive of Francesca. She was the daughter of Giulio Caccini. Her only surviving stage work, La liberazione di Ruggiero, is widely considered the oldest opera by a woman composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesca Caccini is the 218th most popular composer (down from 177th in 2019), the 1,013th most popular biography from Italy (down from 863rd in 2019) and the 46th most popular Italian Composer.

Francesca Caccini is most famous for being the first female composer to be published in Italy.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francesca Caccini ranks 218 out of 1,451. Before her are Pauline Viardot, Dmitry Bortniansky, John Barry, Johann Joseph Fux, Umberto Giordano, and Josef Mysliveček. After her are Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Josef Suk, Eugène Ysaÿe, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Andrea Gabrieli, and Ludwig Minkus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1587, Francesca Caccini ranks 2. Before her is Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy. After her are Joost van den Vondel, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Samuel Scheidt, Stefano Landi, Esaias van de Velde, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Magdalene of Bavaria, and Johannes Fabricius. Among people deceased in 1640, Francesca Caccini ranks 6. Before her are Peter Paul Rubens, Murad IV, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Robert Burton, and Uriel da Costa. After her are Giuseppe Cesari, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Wilhelm Kettler, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Alessandro Salvio, and Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesca Caccini ranks 1,013 out of 5,161. Before her are Umberto Giordano (1867), Piero Ferrari (1945), Hugo Pratt (1927), Carlo Rubbia (1934), Aristoxenus (-360), and Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755). After her are Elsa Morante (1912), Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753), Princess Mafalda of Savoy (1902), Alessandro Del Piero (1974), Giacomo Balla (1871), and Antipope Anacletus II (1090).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Francesca Caccini ranks 46. Before her are Giovanni Bononcini (1670), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Luigi Nono (1924), Vittorio Monti (1868), Leonardo Vinci (1690), and Umberto Giordano (1867). After her are Andrea Gabrieli (1533), Benedetto Marcello (1686), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Pietro Locatelli (1695), Alessandro Marcello (1673), and Gaspare Spontini (1774).

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