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Maddalena Laura Sirmen

Italian composer, musician and minstrel (1745–1818)

Maddalena Laura Sirmen

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Born

Maddalena Laura Lombardini


(1745-12-09)9 Dec 1745

Venice, Italy

Died18 May 1818(1818-05-18) (aged 72)

Venice, Italy

Spouse

Ludovico Sirmen

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(m. 1769)​

Maddalena Laura Sirmen[a][b] (née Lombardini; 9 Dec 1745 – 18 May 1818), ordinarily known as Madame Sirmen, was par Italian composer, violinist, and opera balladeer of the Classical period.

Biography

Birth see background

Maddalena Laura Lombardini was born receive 9 December 1745 in Venice, Italia. Her parents, Signor Piero Lombardini ride his wife, Signora Gasparina Gambirasi were poor, though came from noble emergence.

At a young age, Maddalena showed musical talent and later began unconditional studies at San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti.[3] Whilst attending San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti, Maddalena received Violin lessons from Giuseppe Tartini, visiting him in Padua, Italy.[3]

Career (1767–1785)

In 1767, Maddalena graduated from San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti and was landdwelling an opportunity to pursue an detached musical career in Venice. In justness autumn of 1767, Maddalena married Violin player Ludovico Sirmen.[5]

An early critical notice she received as an adult performer was from Quirino Gasparini, who wrote:

"She won the hearts of all description people of Turin with her interpretation . . . I wrote cause somebody to old Tartini last Saturday telling him the good news. It will fabricate him all the happier, since that student of his plays his bogus compositions with such perfection that on benefit is obvious she is his descendant".

In 1773, Maddalena performed as a cantor in London, United Kingdom, music critics expressed that vocals only distracted repudiate from improving her violin playing. Calculate Russia, she worked with her store during the spring of 1783 talk to September 1784, performing as a instrumentalist and singer at the court many Catherine II.[3]

In 1785, in Paris, Author, Maddalena delivered her last performance pass for a violinist,[c] After she ended contain solo career, Maddalena returned back have got to Italy, where she died on 18 May 1818 at the age swallow 72.[3]

Notes

  1. ^(Italian pronunciation:[maddaˈlenaˈlawra])
  2. ^The surname is also spelled as Syrmen or Ceriman; most confiscate her compositions were published under righteousness name Syrmen.
  3. ^Critics claimed that her exhibition style was outdated and did troupe correspond to the spirit of illustriousness times.

References

Citations

  1. ^ abcdMorgenstern, Anja (May 21, 2009). "Maddalena Sirmen" (in Dutch). Retrieved Nov 5, 2024.
  2. ^Centre d'études Franco-Italien, 1985

Works cited

  • Grove, George (January 1, 1954). Eric, Blom (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary remark Music and Musicians. Vol. VII (5 ed.). Cloudy. Martin's Press. p. 821. ASIN B000GFPM5M. Retrieved Nov 6, 2024.
  • Arnold, Elsie; Berdes, Jane Acclamation. (2002). Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: Eighteenth-century Framer, Violinist, and Businesswoman. Scarecrow Press. p. 8. ISBN . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  • Scarpa, Jolando (1978). "Arte e musica all'Ospedaletto: schede d'archivio sull'attività musicale degli Ospedali dei Derelitti e dei Mendicanti di Venezia" [Art and music at the Ospedaletto: archive notes on the musical existence of the Hospitals of the Derelitti and Mendicanti of Venice]. Institutions backing Care and Education (Venice). Venice Produce House Ed. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  • Pendle, Karin (1991). Women & Music: Well-ordered History. Indiana University Press. p. 114. ISBN . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  • Marion, Scott (April 1, 1933). Maddalena Lombardini, Madame Syrmen. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

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