Laura Guidiccioni
Laura Guidiccioni (de' Benedetti, 29 October 1550 – c. 1597/9) was an Italian noblewoman and poet.
Also recorded as Laura Guidiccioni Lucchesini
Laura Guidiccioni
- Born
- 29 October 1550
- Died
- c. 1597/9
- Birthplace
- Lucca, Tuscany
- Occupation
- Poet
- Place of death
- Florence
- Languages
- Italian
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• Born — 29 October 1550 • Died — c. 1597/9 • Birthplace — Lucca, Tuscany • Occupation — Poet • Place of death — Florence
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Guidiccioni was born on 29 October 1550 into a noble family in Lucca, Tuscany. Her parents were Caterina de' Benedetti and Niccolò de' Benedetti. Guidiccioni married Orazio Lucchesini and they moved to Florence in 1588. In Florence, Guidiccioni spent time at the ducal court. She composed poetry and collaborated with composer Emilio de' Cavalieri, writing the text for three theatrical projects which he put to music. These project included two pastoral plays called Il Satiro and La Disperatione di Fileno and the allegorical drama La Rappresentazione del Anima e del Corpo (The Representation of the Soul and the Body). All of these works are now lost, but have been described as "progenitors of the operatic genre." In May 1589, Guidiccioni played a leading role in the entertainment preparations for the grand ducal wedding of Ferdinand I de' Medici and Christina of Lorraine. In June 1589, Guidiccioni's husband was appointed secretary to the Grand Duchess. Guidiccioni died c. 1597/9 in Florence. After her death, Guidiccioni was commemorated in poems by Isabella Andreini.
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- 1.McVicker, Mary F. Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. McFarland. 216–217. 2016-08-04. 978-1-4766-2361-0.
- 2.Correlati, Lemmi. GUIDICCIONI, Laura. Enciclopedia Treccani. 2004.
- 3.Gough, Melinda J. Dancing Queen: Marie de Médicis' Ballets at the Court of Henri IV. University of Toronto Press. 238, n. 11. 2019-01-01. 978-1-4875-0366-6.
- 4.Milburn, Erika. The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature. Oxford University Press. 2002. 978-0-19-818332-7.
- 5.Buelow, George J. A History of Baroque Music. Indiana University Press. 33. 2004-11-23. 978-0-253-34365-9.
- 6.Donington, Robert. The Rise of Opera. C. Scribner's Sons. 103. 1981. 978-0-684-17165-4.
- 7.Mathews, William Smythe Babcock. A Popular History of the Art of Music: From the Earliest Times Until the Present. DigiCat. 2022-06-13.
- 8.Price, Paola Malpezzi. Lucrezia Marinella and the "querelle Des Femmes" in Seventeenth-century Italy. Associated University Presse. 28. 2008. 978-0-8386-4122-4.
- 9.O'Regan, Noel. Review of Emilio de' Cavalieri "Gentilhuomo Romano". His Life and Letters, his Role as Superintendent of all the Arts at the Medici Court and his Musical Compositions. Renaissance Studies. 16. 4. 594–597. 2002. 0269-1213.
- 10.Andreini, Isabella. Selected Poems of Isabella Andreini. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 6. 2005. 978-0-8108-5442-0.
- 11.Panizza, Letizia. A History of Women's Writing in Italy. Cambridge University Press. 48. 2000. 978-0-521-57813-4.
- 12.Kerr, Rosalind. The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell'Arte Stage. University of Toronto Press. 176. 2015. 978-1-4426-4911-8.
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