Leonora Baroni

Leonora Baroni (December 1611 – 6 April 1670)[1] was an Italian singer, theorbist, lutenist, viol player, and composer.

She sang alongside her mother and sister Caterina at court and across Italy, including cities such as Naples, Genoa, and Florence.

Baroni was honored by poets such as Fulvio Testi and Francesco Bracciolini, who addressed poems to her, as did some nobles, such as Annibale Bentivoglio and then-cardinal Pope Clement IX.

These poems were collected and published as Applausi poetici alle glorie della Signora Leonora Baroni in 1639 and reprinted in 1641.

[2] In February 1644, Baroni moved to the French court of Anne of Austria briefly, but by April 1645 she was back in Rome, where she was a chamber singer.