Maria Francesca Nascinbeni Explained

Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (1658–1680) was an Italian composer. She studied in Ancona, Italy, with the Augustinian friar Scipio Lazzarini. He included her motet Sitientes venite and works by two of his other students in his Motetti a due e tre voce.^[1] At age sixteen (December 1674) Nascinbeni published one volume of music including songs, canzonas, madrigals and motets for organ and one, two and three voices.^[2] All that is known of her life is from the prefaces to her music volumes.^{[3] [4]}

Notes

1.She also spelled her last name as Nascimbeni.

External links

• • Facsimile of Canzoni e Madrigali morale e spirituali (1674) via Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica

Notes and References

1. Book: The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Sadie. Dr. Julie Anne. Samuel. Dr. Rhian. W. W. Norton & Company. 1994. 0-333-515986. 345.
2. Web site: Nascinbeni, Maria Francesca. Jackson, Barbara Garvey. 4 October 2010. intreccifemminili.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20101114144024/http://www.intreccifemminili.com/Eng/Nascinbeni_E.html. 14 November 2010. dead.
3. Web site: Women Composers. 4 October 2010. powells.com.
4. Book: The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Julie Anne. Sadie. Julie Anne Sadie. Rhian. Samuel. Rhian Samuel. 1994. W. W. Norton & Company . 9780393034875. 4 October 2010.