Maria Rosa Coccia
Maria Rosa Coccia | |
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| Born | 4 January 1759 |
| Died | November 1833 Rome, Papal States |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Harpsichordist, composer |
Maria Rosa Coccia (4 January 1759 – November 1833) was an Italian harpsichordist and composer.
Life
Maria Rosa Coccia was born in
S. Filippo Neri, in defiance of a tradition that women were not allowed to attend the event.[2]
In 1716
Accademia di Santa Cecilia and pass the exam to become Maestro di Capella. At 16 Coccia passed the exam and received the title, but because of her gender was never allowed to execute the duties of the position, though her music was performed. As a practicing composer, she was admitted to Rome's Accademia de' Forti.[3]
In 1780 Maestro di Cappella
in 1784 published an open letter in defense of Coccia and against criticism of Capalti.Maria Rosa Coccia died in Rome.
Works
Selected works include:
- Six Sonatas for harpsichord
- Daniello nel lago dei leoni, oratorio in two parts, Rome, Chiesa Nuova, 1772, lost
- L'isola disabitata (P. Metastasio), 1772, lost
- Hic vir despiciens mundum, fugue, 4 voices, Rome, 1774 (examination piece for Congregazione di S Cecilia, and Accademia Filarmonica, Bologna)
- Magnificat, Soprano voice, Contralto voice, organ, 1774
- Dixit Dominus, 8 voices, organ, 1775 (may be same as Dixit Dominus, 8 voices, violin, viola, oboe, flute, horn)
- Il trionfo d'Enea, cantata in two parts, Soprano voice, Soprano voice, Contralto voice, Tenor voice, violin, viola, horn, trumpet, oboe, contrabbasso, basso continuo, ?1779
- Ifigenia, cantata, 2 sopranos, orchestra, 1779, composed for the Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma
- Arsinoe, cantata, 4 voices, orchestra, 1783
- Confitebor, Soprano voice, Soprano voice, organ
- ‘Qualche lagrime spargete’ from Semiramide, lost
- Salve Regina, 2 voices, organ, n.d.
- Veni Creator Spiritus, 4 voices, organ
- 4 psalms, lost[4]
References
- ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog.
- ^ "MARIA ROSA COCCIA (1759-1833)". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ a b Gallo, Denise. "Coccia Maria Rosa". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
External links
- Project Continua: Biography of Maria Rosa Coccia Project Continua is a web-based multimedia resource dedicated to the creation and preservation of women's intellectual history from the earliest surviving evidence into the 21st Century.
- Free scores by Maria Rosa Coccia at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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