FRANCESCA CACCINI

“La Cecchina”

1587-1645

Birth date: Sept. 18, 1587

Birth place: Florence, Italy

Died: Nov. 1641 ?

Buried: Florence, Italy

FAMILYOf birth

FatherGiulio Caccini

Mother

Lucia Gagnolanti

Sister (Younger)

Settimia Caccini

StepmotherMargherita della Scala

Marriage & Children

OfFrancesca

First husbandGiovanni Battista

Signorini

First ChildMargherita Signonini

Second husband

Tomaso Raffaelli

Second child Tomaso Raffaelli

Francesca’s Career

1607-1627 Employed by the Medici court

1627-1634 Employed by Vincenzo Buonvisi

1635- Retired

La Liberazione di Ruggiero(The Liberation of Ruggiero)

History of La liberazione

1624 commissioned 1625 first performed

Opera begins

0:00 Silence 0:04 Introduction

Verse I

0:50 Verse 1 begins 1:18 Vocals begin 1:20 Strings

Bridge

1:48 Bridge

Verse II

1:56 Vocals

Bridge

2:26 Bridge 2:36 Adagio 3:06 Bridge

Verse III

3:16 Vocals 3:46 Adagio vocals 4:37 Vocals vibrato 4:54 Adagio vocals

Bridge

5:09 Loud choir

Verse IV

5:40 Two female vocals 6:16 Male vocals return 6:30 Male vocalist stops

Verse IV (cont)

6:46 Male vocals reemerge 6:56 Male vocals solo

Bibliography

Caccini, Francesca 1/2 'La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina' (1996) Pro Musica Camerata. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYfM65BSodACypess, Rebecca. Francesca Caccini, ARTICLE Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1670605/Francesca-CacciniInglese, Dominick. Essay on Francesca Caccini: “The Songbird” Who Soared. http://educationcompilation.com/index.php/book-reviews/ba-in-english/music/music-history/102-francesca-caccini-la-checcinaZuckerman, Nate, The University of Chicago, 2004. http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/IWW/BIOS/A0083.html