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Laura Peverara (c. 1550 – January 4 1601) was an Italian virtuoso
Virtuoso

A virtuoso is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability at singing or playing a musical instrument. The plural form is either virtuosi or the Anglicisation, virtuosos, and the feminine form sometimes used is virtuosa....
 singer who was also a harpist and dancer; born and raised in Mantua
Mantua

Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the Province of Mantua of the same name.Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes created during the 12th century....
. Her father was an intellectual who tutored princes, leading to Laura's being brought up in courtly
Noble court

A royal or noble court, as an instrument of government broader than a court, comprises an extended household centred on a patron whose rule may govern law or be governed by it....
 society. In the 1570s she was singing in Verona
Verona

Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, one of the seven provincial capitals in the region. It is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans....
. Peverara is most famous for having been in the renowned Concerto delle donne
Concerto delle donne

The concerto delle donne was a group of professional female singers in the late Italian Renaissance of Ferrara, Italy, renowned for their technical and artistic virtuosity....
 in Ferrara
Ferrara

Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara.It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north....
. She was the first member, starting in 1580, and remained in the group until its dissolution in 1598.






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Laura Peverara (c. 1550 – January 4 1601) was an Italian virtuoso
Virtuoso

A virtuoso is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability at singing or playing a musical instrument. The plural form is either virtuosi or the Anglicisation, virtuosos, and the feminine form sometimes used is virtuosa....
 singer who was also a harpist and dancer; born and raised in Mantua
Mantua

Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the Province of Mantua of the same name.Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes created during the 12th century....
. Her father was an intellectual who tutored princes, leading to Laura's being brought up in courtly
Noble court

A royal or noble court, as an instrument of government broader than a court, comprises an extended household centred on a patron whose rule may govern law or be governed by it....
 society. In the 1570s she was singing in Verona
Verona

Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, one of the seven provincial capitals in the region. It is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans....
. Peverara is most famous for having been in the renowned Concerto delle donne
Concerto delle donne

The concerto delle donne was a group of professional female singers in the late Italian Renaissance of Ferrara, Italy, renowned for their technical and artistic virtuosity....
 in Ferrara
Ferrara

Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara.It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north....
. She was the first member, starting in 1580, and remained in the group until its dissolution in 1598. Three anthologies were put together in her honor, including one by Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso was an Italy poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme liberata , in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem ....
 (Il Lauro verde) in celebration of her marriage to Ferrarese Count Annibale Turco. In addition many madrigals
Madrigal (music)

A madrigal is a type of secular vocal music composition, written during the Renaissance music and early Baroque music eras. Throughout most of its history it was Polyphony and unaccompanied by instruments, with the number of voices varying from two to eight, but most frequently three to six....
 were dedicated to her by Ferrarese composers, including ones by Giovanni Battista Gabella, Vittorio Baldini
Vittorio Baldini

Vittorio Baldini was an Italy printer and engraver. He started publishing in Venice, where he was born, and later moved to Ferrara, joining the court of Duke Alfonso II d'Este in mid-to-late 1582, where he was the official ducal music printer....
, and Giovanni Gabrieli
Giovanni Gabrieli

Giovanni Gabrieli was an Italian composer and organ . He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift from Renaissance music to Baroque music idioms....
.