* Married to a court musician

** Young girl

*** Daughter or other relative of a court musician or other court employee

^[a] Schindler, “Viaggi teatrali,” esp. 136-38.

^[b] Sommer-Mathis, “‘La gara musicale,’” 82-84.

^[c] A-Whh [henceforth Hoffstatts Buech Ferdinand III], fol. 118^r (“Musicallische Weibs-Perszohnen”). See ref. 31.

^[d] Hoffstatts Buech Ferdinand III, fol. 118^r; see ref. 31.

^[e] Sommer-Mathis, “‘La gara musicale,’” 82-3. On Gentile, Strasoldi, and Degliati, see ref. 31. All three were named in A-Wös Finanz-und Hofkammerarchiv, Sonderstände, Sammlungen und Selekte, Hofzahlamtsbücher [henceforth Hofzahlamtsbücher] 84 (1637-9, fol. 167^v), 85 (1639, fol. 93^r-v), 86 (1640, fols. 86^v-87^r), 87 (1641, fols. 90^v-91^r), 88 (1642, fol. 130^v), and 91 (1645), 220^r.

^[f] See ref. e.

^[g] See ref. e. Degliati appears in the Hofzahlamtsbücher up to 1657. In 1657 she was listed as being paid 150 fl. annually. Hofzahlamtsbücher 103 (1657), fol. 196^r.

^[h] Hoffstatts Buech Ferdinand III, fol. 118^r (see ref. 31). See 3.3-3.4.

^[i] Hoffstatts Buech Ferdinand III, fol. 118^r (see ref. 31). See 3.4.

^[j] Hoffstatts Buech Ferdinand III, fol. 118^v (see ref. 31). Giordana (Jordanin) was being instructed in music by the tenor Lodovico Bartholaia in 1637 and was granted the continuation of a stipend in 1641: see Knaus, Die Musiker im Archivbestand des kaiserlichen Obersthofmeisteramtes, 1:89, 108. She is listed in the Hofzahlamtsbücher 87 (1641), fol. 91^r, and 88 (1642), fol. 131^r. She was perhaps a relative of the soprano Torquato Giordani, who served the imperial court 1638-40.

^[k] Paradisi is listed with Bertali and Rossi among the Frauen in 1637 and in the following years, up to 1645, but if she is the widow Benigna Paradisin who died on November 22, 1648, aged ninety-four, it seems more likely that she was receiving a pension than being paid as a performer (A-Wsa Totenbeschauprotokoll; her husband’s name is not mentioned, but her name is sufficiently unusual to be fairly certain that this is the same woman).

^[l] Hoffstatts Buech Ferdinand III, fol. 118^v (see ref. 31). Pagioli is also listed with Bertali and Rossi in the Hofzahlamtsbücher among the Frauen in 1637 and in the following years, until 1647. She was paid a stipend of 30 fl. a month (360 fl. yearly) from 1637. Her relative Balthasar Pagioli appears among the altos in 1637-58 (Köchel, Die Kaiserliche Hof-Musikkapelle in Wien, 59). A document of May 13, 1640, names both Pagiolis: “Baldassare et Bartolomea Pagioli musici umb Provision”: Knaus, Die Musiker im Archivbestand des kaiserlichen Obersthofmeisteramtes, 1:104.

^[m] Page, “‘A Lovely and Perfect Music,’” 403-21.

^[n] Masucci appears in A-Wös, Hofzahlamtsbücher 225 (1669): Geheime Kammerahlamts Rechnung 1669, fols. 50^r-51^v, in a list of “Musici”: “Masuzi … 225 [fl.]: Seiner Frau … 29.30 [fl.].” One “Bornasin” also appears in this list, as do “Raschin,” Neumannin,” and “Bagliolin.” Maria Elisabeth Masucci, wife of the tenor Antonio Masucci, appears among the Frauen in 1670 and received further payments in later years here or under the section devoted to “Deputata, Pensionen und Studien Verlag.” She is probably the “Giovane Alamana di honori Parenti” (the name Maria Elisabeth is indeed a Germanic one) whom Antonio intended to marry in February 1655, at which time he petitioned the emperor for an extra payment, “because marriage is very expensive in this country.” He was granted a wedding present of 200 fl. (A-Wös, Finanz-und Hofkammerarchiv, Niederösterreichische Herrschaftsakten W-61/A/32/B, fol. 609, dated February 15, 1655).

^[o] See ref. n. Neuman was listed in the Hofzahlamtsbücher until her death in 1702. In 1670 she received a stipend for the education of her sons, who were to devote themselves to music (Hofzahlamtsbücher 113 (1670), 291^r). She was apparently the widow of the court trombonist Christoph Neumann, who died in 1669 leaving a widow and ten children, including four sons: Knaus, Die Musiker im Archivbestand des kaiserlichen Obersthofmeisteramtes, 2:8, 3:102-3.

^[p] See ref. n.

^[q] See ref. n. After the death of Bartolomea Paggioli, the court musico Philippo Vismarri petitioned for permission to bring his sister from Italy to marry Baldassare Paggioli; see Knaus, Die Musiker im Archivbestand des kaiserlichen Obersthofmeisteramtes,1:49.

^[r] See ref. 55.