MOLZA, Tarquinia
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MOLZA (Molsa da Modena), Tarquinia 16th-century Italian conductor, poetess, singer and composer. Modena. She sang with Laura Peperara and Lucrezia Benedidi at the Italian Court. It is said that composers from all over Europe flocked to hear the famous trio. Tarquinia also organised and conducted her own women’s orchestra, comprising ladies playing viols and woodwind instruments. When the performers had taken their places, Tarquinia would enter and with a long wooden stick, give the signal to…