Alba Trissina

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.[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

  1. ^ L. Johnson (2009). "Pain, Desire, and Unattainable Ecstasy in Alba Tressina's 'Vulnerasti Cor Meum'": "Little is known about the seventeenth-century musician and composer Alba Tressina, and even less is known about her musical career, since ..."
  2. ^ "Alba Tressina", HOASM: "Italian composer and Carmelite nun at the convent of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Vicenza. Her only known works are found in a work by her teacher, Leone Leoni, ..."
  3. ^ "'Vulnerasti cor meum – Artemisia Editions" Archived 2017-10-10 at the Wayback Machine "Alba Tressina: 4 Motets (1–3 voices) & motets (2–4 voices and violins) by Leone Leoni (CC-05a)."
  4. ^ Catalogo della Biblioteca del Liceo musicale de Bologna, Conservatorio di musica "G.B. Martini". Gaetano Gaspari, Federico Parisini (1890): "A tergo del frontispizio sta impressa la dedicatoria che segue: Alla Molto Illustre e molto Reverenda S. Alba Tressina Monacha in Araceli di Vicenza. Signora Osseruandissìma. Sgombra la Musica, quasi come de smisi Regina, i noiosi ..."
  5. ^ Julie Anne Sadie; Rhian Samuel (1994). The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-51598-6.
  6. ^ Glickman, Sylvia; Furman Schleifer, Martha (2003). From convent to concert hall: a guide to women composers.
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