SOBRE A RÁDIO
Barbara Strozzi was considered a big name in musical 17th-century Italy. What made her even more special was her resolve in a male-dominated world. As most women at the time would be forced to use a male pseudonym for a chance to publish their music, Barbara on the other hand, as a fiercely independent woman and single mother of four, became the first female composer to publish under her very own name. Barbara’s music is striking, if not excessive for the norms of early baroque period. She made beautiful highlights of long-held melodic dissonance to emphasize tragedy, inserting dramatic musical pauses, hesitations for emotional effect, and extreme yet expressive embellishments for mournful passages. She was a respected lute player and was considered one of the best singers of her time. She published eight collections of music.
