Bianca Maria Meda Explained

Bianca Maria Meda (c. 1661 – c. 1732)^[1] was an Italian composer. Little is known about her life, but she was a Benedictine nun at the convent of San Martino del Leano in Pavia.^[2] She published only one work, a collection of motets, Mottetti a 1, 2, 3, e 4 voci, con violini in Bologna in 1691.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/ws/send_file/send?accession=ucin170317318039485&disposition=inline « Although records are admittedly sparse, it is reasonable to assume that Meda’s profession to San Martino del Leano in Pavia, Italy was between 1677-1678, and due to the diseappearance of her name of her name from monastery records between 1732-1733 one could assume her death around that time when she may have been 70 » page 4 (on the pdf page 13) Reina M. Dikey Bianca Meda c. 1661 - c-. 1732 and "in foco ardentissimo"
2. Robert L. Kendrick, liner notes to CD, Donne Barocche, Naïve classique OP 30500, 2001
3. Web site: Italian & French Baroque women composers - artsandmusicnow. sites.google.com. Feb 19, 2020. October 23, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023090522/https://sites.google.com/site/drtkaufmanartsandmusic/italian-french-baroque-women-composers. dead.