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  • Anna Bon
    (1738 – 1767) The Venetian virtuoso, star of Vivaldi's school in Venice
  • Mademoiselle Duval
    (c.1718 – c.1775) The enigmatic "Légende" at the Opéra de Paris
  • Francesca Lebrun
    (1756 – 1791) the famous soprano and composer painted by Gainsborough
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    Cécile Chaminade
    (1857 – 1944) First woman to win the Légion D’Honneur and one of the first pianists ever to be recorded on piano roll
  • Barbara Strozzi
    (1619 - 1677) La Virtuosissima Cantatrice as she was known, the greatest virtuoso singer of her age
  • Francesca Caccini
    (1587 – c. 1641) The first female opera composer and the highest paid musician at the court of the Medici in Florence
  • Countess da Dia
    (c. 1150 - 1212) Authentic 12th century troubadour born into an ancient family of counts and countesses in the valley of the Drôme in Provence
  • Hildegard of Bingen
    (1098 - 1179) Abbess, poet, philosopher, botanist, historian, composer, visionary and saint
  • Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
    (1665 – 1729) Composer, improviser extraordinaire and harpsichordist to the Sun King
  • Marianne von Martinez
    (1744 -1812) Composer, pianist, force behind Haydn and the most brilliant woman in Vienna
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