Maria Brizzi Giorgi (7 August 1775 – 7 January 1812 in Bologna) was an Italianorganist,composer andpianist noted for her improvisational ability. A military march composed by Brizzi was performed forNapoleon when he passed through Bologna in 1807.Haydn,Muzio Clementi andLeopold Kozeluch dedicated works to her. She taught music and was member of theAccademia Filarmonica di Bologna.

Maria Brizzi Giorgi was born on the 7 August 1775 inBologna, into a musical family and began to perform in public at an early age.^[1] She served as organist andchoral director from 1787–89 with the Sisters of St. Bartholomew inAncona and then returned toBologna where she continued her studies inmusic, and developed her skills in particular in counterpoint.^[1]

Brizzi married Luigi Giorgi in 1793 and opened a salon, continuing to perform as a pianist in Europe. She was admired as a performer, andHaydn,Muzio Clementi andLeopold Kozeluch dedicated works to her. A military march composed by Brizzi was performed forNapoleon when he passed through Bologna in 1807. She taught music and was member of theAccademia Filarmonica di Bologna.^[2]

Brizzi died in Bologna after childbirth at the age of 36.^[3] Giordani wrote a funeral elegy for her,Elogio funebre, and recounts that shortly before her death she got up to improvise at the piano, asking her sister, who was also a pianist, to record her last composition.^[1] Most of her compositions have been lost, although some are archived at the Liceo Musicale of Bologna.^[4]

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