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Female Catholic ComposersMain MenuContentsVittoria AleottiMarianna MartinesChiara Margarita CozzolaniIsabella LeonardaCaterina AssandraFootnotesKrista Ruppert583dbfa5ccf35edc7f49718268833b9877eb9336 Texas A&M Department of Performance Studies
As presented by the evidence on previous pages, the influence of female Catholic composers on both sacred and secular composition cannot be ignored. Despite years of missing history, misattribution to male counterparts, and a stark disparity in opportunity, Catholic women were able to compose influential, innovative, and important sacred music in a culture that told them not to. These compositions are invaluable to the study of the development of Catholic music and composition as a whole, and should not be overlooked.
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12016-05-06T20:25:47-07:00Antonia Bembo2Catholic Italian composer and singer, 1640-1720. Wrote both sacred and secular music in Latin, French, and Italian, typically for soprano and continuoplain2016-05-08T22:20:59-07:00
12016-05-06T20:14:21-07:00Hildegard von Bingen2German nun and composer, 1098-1179. Wrote music and chanting, and wrote the first musical morality play.plain2016-05-08T22:24:40-07:00
12016-05-06T20:27:12-07:00Lili Boulanger2French musician and composer, 1893-1918. Wrote primarily secular music, but was known for her fervent and open-minded Catholicismplain2016-05-08T22:27:49-07:00
12016-05-06T20:21:17-07:00Barbara Strozzi2Venetian composer and singer, 1619-1677. Wrote primarily secular chamber music but some religious pieces. Extremely influential to secular composition, giving her sacred pieces weightplain2016-05-08T22:32:15-07:00