Claudia Sessa

Claudia Sessa (c. 1570 – c. 1617/19) was an Italian composer and singer/instrumentalist. She was born into the (de) Sessa family, a patrician clan of the Milanese aristocracy. A nun at the convent of S. Maria Annunciata, she composed two sacred works published in 1613. The dates of her birth and death are uncertain. Gerolamo Borsieri wrote a long and glowing description of her (quoted in "Women Composers: Music Through the Ages"),

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Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including: Rosa Mistica Cappella Artemisia/Lombardi/Smith, (2000) Tactus