page_title: Maddalena Casulana
hierarchical_section_title: Maddalena Casulana
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Maddalena Casulana. Español: Retrato de Maddalena Casulana.
context_page_description: Maddalena Casulana was an Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the late Renaissance. She is the first female composer to have had a whole book of her music printed and published in the history of western music.
context_section_description: Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544 – c. 1590) was an Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the late Renaissance.  She is the first female composer to have had a whole book of her music printed and published in the history of western music.
caption: Artemisia Gentileschi, St Cecilia Playing a Lute, circa 1610-1612, Spada Gallery, Rome.
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