casulana

Updated: April 30, 2025

But modern research has shown the futility of this statement. The records of the Netherland schools are meagre, so it is to Italy that we must turn for the earliest examples of skilled women composers. The first great name is that of Maddalena Casulana, who was born at Brescia about 1540. Her published compositions took the shape of two volumes of madrigals, issued in 1568 and 1583.

Arthur Elson - Woman's Work in Music