Maria Francesca Nascinbeni

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.

References

1. Sadie, Dr. Julie Anne; Samuel, Dr. Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 345. ISBN 0-333-515986.
2. Jackson, Barbara Garvey. "Nascinbeni, Maria Francesca". intreccifemminili.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
3. "Women Composers". powells.com. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
4. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

External links

• Free scores by Maria Francesca Nascinbeni at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Facsimile of Canzoni e Madrigali morale e spirituali (1674) via Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica