Raffaella Aleotti, arr. David Jolley, Two Motets
For 7 part brass ensemble: 4 trumpets, 2 horns or trombones (or 1 of each) and tuba
From the editor:
These two motets arranged for brass septet come from a collection titled Sacrae cantiones by Raffaella Aleotti, published in Venice in 1593. The collection includes 18 motets for five, seven, eight, and ten voices, and is believed to be the first sacred music by a woman composer to appear in print. Scholars believe that Raffaella is the name adopted by Vittoria Aleotti when she entered a convent, and therefore is the same person that published the secular collection Ghirlanda de Madrigali a 4 voci (a selection of five madrigals arranged by David Jolley for brass quintet is also available through LHE Publications). Raffaella became prioress of the convent and died sometime after 1646.
-Sara McClure
For 7 part brass ensemble: 4 trumpets, 2 horns or trombones (or 1 of each) and tuba
From the editor:
These two motets arranged for brass septet come from a collection titled Sacrae cantiones by Raffaella Aleotti, published in Venice in 1593. The collection includes 18 motets for five, seven, eight, and ten voices, and is believed to be the first sacred music by a woman composer to appear in print. Scholars believe that Raffaella is the name adopted by Vittoria Aleotti when she entered a convent, and therefore is the same person that published the secular collection Ghirlanda de Madrigali a 4 voci (a selection of five madrigals arranged by David Jolley for brass quintet is also available through LHE Publications). Raffaella became prioress of the convent and died sometime after 1646.
-Sara McClure
For 7 part brass ensemble: 4 trumpets, 2 horns or trombones (or 1 of each) and tuba
From the editor:
These two motets arranged for brass septet come from a collection titled Sacrae cantiones by Raffaella Aleotti, published in Venice in 1593. The collection includes 18 motets for five, seven, eight, and ten voices, and is believed to be the first sacred music by a woman composer to appear in print. Scholars believe that Raffaella is the name adopted by Vittoria Aleotti when she entered a convent, and therefore is the same person that published the secular collection Ghirlanda de Madrigali a 4 voci (a selection of five madrigals arranged by David Jolley for brass quintet is also available through LHE Publications). Raffaella became prioress of the convent and died sometime after 1646.
-Sara McClure