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| '''Constantia Zierenberg''' (also recorded as '''Czirenberg''' in a 1626 book from Milan ) (]—]) was a singer and musician from Danzig (]). | |||
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| ⚫ | Constantia, the daughter of Anna Kerlin and ], who would be mayor from ] to ], was raised as a ]. She received an excellent musical education and was also a painter. Constantia was fluent in six languages: ], ], ], ], ], and ]. | ||
| ⚫ | She sang for both ] and for ] on |
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| ⚫ | She sang for both ] and for ] on teh occasion of their visits to Danzig. She went to the imperial city of ] and on a year-long trip to a number of other European cultural cities. | ||
| ⚫ | Constantia married the Calvinist Sigmund Kerschenstein (born 1603) |
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| ⚫ | Back home, in ], Constantia married the Calvinist Sigmund Kerschenstein (born 1603). They had three children, only one of whom survived her when she died in 1653. | ||
| ⚫ | Numerous poetic and other literary works were dedicated to her. |
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| ⚫ | Numerous poetic and other literary works were dedicated to her. ] wrote a series of poems in her honor. In ], the ] publisher ] compiled and published the musical ] ''Flores praestantissimorum virorum a Philippo Lomatio Bibliopola delibati''. It is preceded by a page-long dedication to Constantia (Sirenberg, Czirenberg). In the dedication, she is praised for her musical talent, especially for her singing, which was recognized and admired by the most accomplished musicians and royalty of her time. | ||
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Constantia Zierenberg (also recorded as Czirenberg in a 1626 book from Milan ) (1605—1653) was a singer and musician from Danzig (Gdańsk).
Constantia, the daughter of Anna Kerlin and Johann Zierenberg, who would be mayor from 1630 to 1642, was raised as a Calvinist. She received an excellent musical education and was also a painter. Constantia was fluent in six languages: German, Polish, French, Italian, Swedish, and Latin.
She sang for both Sigismund III Vasa and for Władysław IV Waza on teh occasion of their visits to Danzig. She went to the imperial city of Milan and on a year-long trip to a number of other European cultural cities.
Back home, in 1628, Constantia married the Calvinist Sigmund Kerschenstein (born 1603). They had three children, only one of whom survived her when she died in 1653.
Numerous poetic and other literary works were dedicated to her. Johann George Moeresius wrote a series of poems in her honor. In 1626, the Milanese publisher Filippo Lomazzo compiled and published the musical anthology Flores praestantissimorum virorum a Philippo Lomatio Bibliopola delibati. It is preceded by a page-long dedication to Constantia (Sirenberg, Czirenberg). In the dedication, she is praised for her musical talent, especially for her singing, which was recognized and admired by the most accomplished musicians and royalty of her time.