(La Delia, music by Francesco Manelli), and for the 1641 opening of the Teatro Novissimo (La finta pazza, music by Francesco Sacrati). In 1630 Strozzi wrote Proserpina Rapita. His last libretto, Veremonda, was written for Francesco Cavalli in 1652. He was a member of the Accademia degli Incogniti in Venice. He was the founder of some cultural "academies", gatherings of like-minded intellectuals; these included the Ordinati during his stay in Rome, and the Dubbiosi in Venice. In 1637 he founded the Accademia degli Unisoni, a gathering of musicians where his adopted daughter Barbara sang. Bibliography Poetry and plays 1611: Erotilla, a tragedy (reprinted 1616) 1621: Il natale di amore, poetry (second impression) 1621: La Venetia edificata, a heroic poem in twelve cantos about Venice (expanded to 24 cantos in 1624, reprinted 1626) 1625: Il Barbarigo, play (reprinted 1650) 1628: I cinque fratelli, poetry, set to music by Claudio Monteverdi Libretti 1627: La finta pazza Licori, music by Claudio Monteverdi: unfinished and lost 1629: Gelosia placata, music by Giovanni Rovetta 1630: Proserpina rapita, music by Claudio Monteverdi (reprinted 1644) 1639: La Delia, music by Francesco Manelli (reprinted 1644) 1641: La finta pazza, music by Francesco Sacrati (reprinted in 1641, 1644 and 1645: reprints with changes and without Strozzis name in 1644 and 1647) 1643: La finta savia 1645: Il Romolo e'l Remo (last part of a trilogy together with the two finta libretti) Other works 1609: Oration for the burial of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1621: Oration for the burial of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1632: Lettere famigliarmente scritta, a collection of letters 1644: Le glorie della Signora Anna Renzi romana, a laudatio for the opera singer Anna Renzi who had sung title roles in a few of his works Notes External links 1583 births 1652 deaths Italian male poets 17th-century Venetian writers Italian opera librettists Italian male dramatists and playwrights Baroque writers Giulio