Claudia Sessa
Claudia Sessa (c. 1570 – c. 1617/19) was an Italian composer and singer/instrumentalist.
Claudia Sessa
- Born
- 1570
- Died
- 1617 · Milan.
- Occupation
- composer
- Movements
- Baroque music
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Claudia Sessa (c. 1570 – c. 1617/19) was an Italian composer and singer/instrumentalist.
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She was born into the (de) Sessa family, a patrician clan of the Milanese aristocracy. A nun at the convent of S. Maria Annunciata, she composed two sacred works published in 1613. The dates of her birth and death are uncertain. Gerolamo Borsieri wrote a long and glowing description of her (quoted in "Women Composers: Music Through the Ages"), including that she sang and accompanied herself so well "that there was not a singer who could equal her" and that nobility in Parma and Mantua liked her singing more than "Claudio Monteverdi [or] any other musician in the recitative style.."
• Occhi io vissi di voi • Vatteme pur Lascivia Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including: • Rosa Mistica Cappella Artemisia/Lombardi/Smith, (2000) Tactus
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- 1.Claudia Sessa.
- 2.Sadie, Julie Anne. The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. 1994. 9780393034875.
- 3.Smith, Candace. Women Composers: Music Through the Ages. G.K. Hill. 345–6. 1996.
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