Alba Trissina

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Alba Trissina (fl. 1590) or Alba Tressina, was an Italian composer and nun.

Santa Maria in Araceli, 80 km (50 mi) from Venice

She was a Carmelite at the monastery of Santa Maria in Araceli, Vicenza, and studied with Leone Leoni, who also preserved and published four of her works.[1][2][3] Leoni dedicated his Quarto Libro, 1622, to this pupil.[4]

Works

Four motets for alto voice in Leoni's Sacri fiori: quarto libro de motettia are all of her compositions that survive.[5][6]

  • Vulnerasti cor meum, A: her most noted work =
  • Quaemadmodum, A
  • In nomine Iesu, AA
  • Anima mea, AAT

References

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