Alba Trissina Explained
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 in 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
Notes and References
- http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0jt7w63q L Johnson - 2009 Pain, Desire, and Unattainable Ecstasy in Alba Tressina's Vulnerasti Cor Meum
- http://www.hoasm.org/VG/Tressina.html HOASM: Alba Tressina
- http://www.artemisiaeditions.com/catalogue/CC-05a Vulnerasti cor meum - Artemisia Editions
- 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 ...
- Book: The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Submitted by Julie Anne Sadie and Rhian Samuel. The Macmillan Press Limited. 1994. 0-333-51598-6.
- Book: Glickman, Sylvia. From convent to concert hall: a guide to women composers. Martha Furman. Schleifer. 2003.