In the Stacks: Musica Spira
We’re back! After three years, we’re so excited to bring music back to the George Peabody Library. For our first performance, early musical ensemble Musica Spira will explore the fascinating variety of venues that 17th-century Italian women composed in, including courts, convents, and private academies. Isabella Leonarda and Lucrezia Vizzana spent their lives in convents, Francesca Caccini was the highest-paid musician at the Medici court, and Barbara Strozzi published cantatas that she performed in her father’s private salon. Although the contributions of women have often been overshadowed in our historical narratives, the musical works of these four women came to define the most important genres of the Baroque period.
Enjoy an evening of music in one of the most beautiful libraries in the world, along with a one-night-only display of women-authored rare books from the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries Special Collections.
This event is free and advance registration is strongly encouraged.
Doors open at 6 p.m.
• Seats for registered attendees will be held until 6:20 and then will be released for open seating.
• A standby line will begin at 5 p.m. and let additional people into the concert if seats are available after 6:20 p.m.
• We encourage patrons without advance registration to join the standby line. Most standby patrons are able to be accommodated.
