Caccini

American  

[kaht-chee-nee] / kɑtˈtʃi ni /

noun

1. Giulio c1546–1618, Italian singer and composer.

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Example Sentences

Sigismondo d’India was a young Italian composer at the explosively creative dawn of the 17th century, the time of Gesualdo, Frescobaldi, Monteverdi and Caccini.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021

Caccini wrote it during a brief but glorious moment for women in music.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2018

The cultural historian Anna Beer’s rewarding new book about the forgotten women of classical music includes insightful portraits of eight composers, a couple of whom are truly forgotten, like the 17th-century Italian Francesca Caccini.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2016

Strozzi was well represented on the program, which also included Francesca Caccini, Luigi Rossi, Sigismondo d’India, Domenico Mazzocchi and Luzzasco Luzzaschi.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2015

Cavaliere’s style is more facile than that of Peri and Caccini, but he is inferior to them in depth of musical expression.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various