Alba Trissina
Illustration — Santa Maria in Araceli, 80 km from Venice Alba Trissina (fl. 1590) or Alba Tressina, was an Italian composer and nun. 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.
Alba Trissina
- Born
- sources differ (1590 and 1622).
- Died
- 1638.
- Occupation
- composer.
- Movements
- Baroque music.
- Teachers
- Leone Leoni.
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Illustration — Santa Maria in Araceli, 80 km from Venice Alba Trissina (fl. 1590) or Alba Tressina, was an Italian composer and nun. 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.
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Leoni dedicated his Quarto Libro, 1622, to this pupil.
Four motets for alto voice in Leoni's Sacri fiori: quarto libro de motettia are all of her compositions that survive. • Vulnerasti cor meum, A: her most noted work = • Quaemadmodum, A • In nomine Iesu, AA • Anima mea, AAT
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1622
Alba Trissina born.
1638
Alba Trissina died.
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