A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Agnesi, Maria

by Mary Catherine Hamilton

AGNESI, Maria Teresa, born at Milan, 1724; sister of the renowned scholar, Maria Gaetana Agnesi; a celebrated pianist of her time, composed four operas, 'Sofonisbe,' 'Ciro in Armenia,' 'Nitocri,' and 'Insubria consolata' (1771)) several cantatas, and many pianoforte concertos and sonatas, well known in Germany.

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