Caccini Explained

Caccini is the name of several composers and artists from Florence:

• Giulio Caccini (1551–1618), Florentine composer, significant innovator of the early Baroque era
• Francesca Caccini (1587–1641?), Giulio's daughter, and a well-known opera composer in the early 17th century
• Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?) Giulio's daughter, a singer and occasional composer
• Giovanni Battista Caccini (1556 – c.1612/14), Florentine Mannerist sculptor
• Tommaso Caccini (1574–1648), Dominican friar who denounced Galileo from the pulpit