Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720-1795)
- Sonata (Sol maggiore) per il clavicembalo
Performers: Fine Zimmermann (harpsichord)
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Italian composer and keyboardist. As a girl she performed in her home
while her elder sister Maria Gaetana (1718-1799) became a distinguished
mathematician lectured and debated in Latin. Little is known about her
early training, although her cantata 'Il restauro d’Arcadia' was
produced at the Teatro Ducale in Milan in 1747, followed in 1751 by her
opera 'Sofonisba'. Further stage works were produced, expanding her
reputation as a composer throughout Lombardy. In June 1752 she married
Pietro Pinottini, and her fortunes declined thereafter. At her death,
she was in pecuniary difficulties. Her instrumental music demonstrates
an affinity with the prevailing early Classical Empfindsamkeit, while
her stage works are all in the manner of opera seria. Her works include
at least six operas or serenatas, four concertos for keyboard, two
fantasias, and several keyboard sonatas, in addition to a few
miscellaneous works.
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