Maddalena lombardini sirmen biography of barack

Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen has remained in the history books mainly as a pupil of the violinist Tartini to whom he wrote an important letter detailing her practice regime and his views on violin technique.

This book is an important attempt to expand our knowledge of Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen, but it is not a true biography. The materials simply do not exist; apart from her wills we have no significant personal documents of hers.

Instead the authors have produced a documentary biography, filling in the gaps with some excellent background material (Charles Burney features quite highly) and ending up with a discussion of Maddalena�s music.

Maddalena lombardini sirmen biography of barack obama

Born in 1745, Maddalena Laura Lombardini (Sirmen was her married name) in 1753 she gained a place at the Ospedale dei Mendicanti. Technically the Ospedale was a combination of hospital for the sick and elderly, home for the poor and orphanage.

But, like the Ospedale della Pieta where Vivaldi worked), the young women in the Mendicanti received