Claudia Sessa: Notes and Commentary

Claudia Sessa was an Italian composer born into the de Sessa family, a patrician clan of the Milanese aristocracy. A nun at the convent of Saint Maria Annunciata, she composed two sacred works published in 1613. She lived from c. 1570 to c. 1617 or 1619.—Excerpted from Wikipedia

Sessa was avidly praised by Gerolamo Borsieri for her musical talents and for her modest nature. Two of her works (for solo voice) are available today. Though it displays some technical weaknesses, Sessa’s work over the duration of her short lifetime has been described as sufficiently original and ambitious to place her on the roster of notable composers of her time.—Excerpted from Hildegard Publishing

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Claudia Sessa, c.1570-c. 1619

Claudia Sessa

Selected Recordings

30-second samples of “Occhi io vissi di voi” and “Vatteme pur Lascivia”

Selected Sheet Music

Occhi io vissi di voi

Sessa Occhi

Source: CPDL.org

Notes and Commentary

Claudia Sessa was an Italian composer born into the de Sessa family, a patrician clan of the Milanese aristocracy. A nun at the convent of Saint Maria Annunciata, she composed two sacred works published in 1613. She lived from c. 1570 to c. 1617 or 1619.—Excerpted from Wikipedia

Sessa was avidly praised by Gerolamo Borsieri for her musical talents and for her modest nature. Two of her works (for solo voice) are available today. Though it displays some technical weaknesses, Sessa’s work over the duration of her short lifetime has been described as sufficiently original and ambitious to place her on the roster of notable composers of her time.—Excerpted from Hildegard Publishing

Books and Music

Selected Books

Divas in the Convent
Univ. of Chicago Press, 2012
Craig Monson
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Diva

Nuns Behaving Badly
Univ. of Chicago Press, 2011
Craig Monson
$15.68 on Amazon

Nuns

Selected Music

Sessa album Rosa Mistica (2000), 1 CD

Sessa album-2 I Canti Di Euterpe (1998), 1 CD

Complete Works

Occhi io vissi di voi
Vatteme pur Lascivia

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Baroque Composer by Genre or Instrument: Other Vocal Music

Claudia Sessa, c.1570-c.1619
Sulpitia Sesis, 1577-after 1617
Gregorio Allegri, 1582-1652
Marc Antoine Charpentier, 1643-1704
Giacomo Carissimi, 1605-1674
Barbara Strozzi, 1619-1677
Rosa Giacinta Badalla
Camilla de Rossi, c.1670-c.1710

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Women Baroque Composers

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Baroque Composer by Genre or Instrument: Violin

Johann Rosenmüller, 1619-1684
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, 1623-1680
Ignazio Albertini, c.1644-1685
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, 1644-1704
Georg Muffat, 1653-1704
Arcangelo Corelli, 1653-1713
Johann Paul von Westhoff, 1656-1705
Giuseppe Torelli, 1658-1709
Johann Christoph Pez, 1664-1716
Jean Fiery Rebel, 1666-1747
Tomaso Albinoni, 1671-1751
Giacomo Facco, 1676-1753
Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741
Jan Dismas Zelenka, 1679-1745
Pietro Castrucci, 1679-1752
Georg Philipp Telemann, 1681-1767
Benedetto Marcello, 1686-1739
Francesco Geminiani, 1687-1762
Johann Friedrich Fasch, 1688-1758
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, 1690-1758
Francesco Maria Veracini, 1690-1768
Giuseppe Tartini, 1692-1770
Pietro Locatelli, 1695-1764
Jean-Mare Leclair, 1697-1764
Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli, c.1699-c.1773
William Boyce, 1711-1779

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Women Baroque Composers

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Baroque Composer by Genre or Instrument: Opera

Jacopo Peri, 1561-1633
Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643
Francesco Cavalli, 1602-1676
Antonio Bertali, 1605-1669
Jean Baptiste Lully, 1632-1687
Henry Purcell, 1659-1695
Alessandro Scarlatti, 1660-1725
Antonio Caldara, 1670-1736
Jean Philippe Rameau, 1683-1764
George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759
Nicola Porpora, 1686-1768
Johann Adolph Hasse, 1699-1783
Baldassare Galuppi, 1706-1785
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, 1710-1736

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Violin
Viol or cello
Harpsichord
Lute
Flute
Organ
Other vocal music

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French
German

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Other European

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