ROSALBINA-CARADORI-ALLAN, Maria Caterina

Mostly known as a singer, Maria Caterina Rosalbina Caradori-Allan also composed; The Daily News of 12 July 1847 reviewed her compositions favourably:

...several new Italian airs and duets have appeared from the pen of Madame Caradori Allan, a lady long distinguished for her pure and graceful style in this species of composition. There are two duets, "Le Due Rose", and Il Canto del Trovadore", both for ladies’ voices [Good review follows, praising her harmonic competence]. But our favourite among these songs is "Il sospiro": it is quite a little gem, full of fanciful tenderness, and original and imaginative in every bar.