Dr. Dani Sanchez
First up is a collection of hymns and recitive chants written and composed by Kassia (https://youtu.be/nTGELv1dJZM?si=v0m4_GU7RHN-at98), who was a Byzantine-Greek Composer, Hymnographer, Eastern Orthodox Christian Abbess and Poet. Similar to Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), Kassía’s work was not given its proper place in musical history until fairly recently.
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez1d ago
Her most famous piece is “Hymn of Kassia” AKA “Troparion of Kassiani”, which is one of around 50-70 pieces attributed to her but as with all Early music the attribution gets a bit fuzzy at times. This piece is heavily associated the “Holy Wednesday” (the bargaining of Judas as a spy amongst the disciples)
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This is essentially the same song (https://youtu.be/S6m3AbF9rws?si=xowwJEXuyWhgstN4) by Kassia BUT I really enjoyed their take on it so.. here it is. Okay? OK!

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Kassia - Hymne - 432 Hz - cello, voice & singing bowls - Davide Zavatti & Valentina Rambelli - Live

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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez23h ago

You can hear more Hymns composed by Kassia from Cappella Romana from their 2021 album “Hymns of Kassianí” for free here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nzaT8zCtnpnrfjsPXBsL_FG2tw6F9VQ9M&si=jlivVAxzvaSdkMmJ)


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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez23h ago
Maddalena Casulana was Renaissance era Italian Composer, Singer and Lutenist who was the first woman to ever publish her own musical compositions that were attributed to herself. Around 70 of her madrigals are believed to still be surviving. “La Dea Che Nel Mar Nacque” (https://youtu.be/nmodSWZrkJ4?si=9H0J6iVsWR5h3_UR) refers to the birth of the Goddess Venus
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez23h ago
This performance utilizes a traditional Triple Harp which has three parallel rows of strings instead on a single row like contemporary harps
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“Gli Ochi Lucent'e Belli” (https://youtu.be/gq20oFkxwn8?si=cU0w6_bMXc6Jr9rq) by Maddalena Casulana is notable for its use of polyphony (the use of 2 or more melodic lines), which was not widely used in compositions at this time.

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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez23h ago

Enhéduanna was a Sumerian Princess, Priestess, Hymnographer, Poet and Composer who is considered to be the earliest known named author in world history. A Trobairitz by trade, she was essentially one of several female noblewomen who were traveling troubadours. In Enhéduanna’s case she mostly traveled around Mesopotamia (fuzzily the area around modern day Iraq) “The Exhaltation of Inanna” (https://youtu.be/PSoLHfnr5Gc?si=c_fFINAIpH7lS1Gw) is one of her few surviving pieces

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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez23h ago
Mesopotamia for reference:
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Chiara Margarita Cozzolani was a Baroque era Italian Composer, Singer, Roman Catholic Benedictine Nun and Abbess. She was one of more than a dozen cloistered women who published sacred music in seventeenth-century Italy. “O praeclara dies” is actually a motet written for Christmas (https://youtu.be/DD56SQpPYb8?si=U0fkwhJoaVBCzlmF)
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez23h ago
“Venimus in Altitudinem Maris” (https://youtu.be/nxnCRU5kVKE?si=fSYIde2bakH66Vj7) is a quirky little piece that celebrates The Virgin Mary’s protection of seafarers
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Venimus in altitudinem maris | Chiara Maria Cozzolani | Tenet Vocal Artists

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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez23h ago
Cozzolani’s “Tu dulcis, O bone Jesu” (https://youtu.be/On0BsRMX_Bk?si=yUIym05HMg6jpFAx) is another quirky piece that focuses on the physical and spiritual salvation of mankind via The VIrgin Mary’s milk (???) and Jesus’s blood

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Bone Jesu, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–c1676)

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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez23h ago
The Comtessa de Dia AKA Beatritz AKA Isoarda was a High Middle Ages era French Noblewoman,, Composer and Poet. Like Enhéduanna, she was a Trobairitz by trade. “A Chantar” (https://youtu.be/dczeBW3r_Mg?si=eW4chJ5ZYMD4A5Nj) is a secular piece *dodges holy water* but I think it’s both a beautiful piece of music and the lady who makes these harp videos is hilarious lol
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez23h ago

Our final female composer is Sulpitia Cesis, a Late Renaissance era Italian Composer, Singer, Lutenist and Roman Catholic Augustinian Nun. “O Crux Splendidior” (https://youtu.be/OUBD15C8ZUU?si=vU6_PvmMG8Dm5Dav) is a motet about the invocation of the cross

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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez23h ago
Our final piece is Sulpitia Cesis’s “Stabat Mater” (https://youtu.be/03b07O56TnA?si=yHSOBRhedHaLm4Xq) b/c I’ve never heard a “Stabat Mater” that I didn’t love. Also, Easter is next week so…
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Sulpitia Cesis: Stabat Mater - Corvus Consort

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Show threadotheorange_tag23h ago
@analgesicsleep I'm guessing it requires a 4 dimensional being to play properly? #BaroqueSun
Show threadDianora (Diane Bruce)23h ago

@otheorange_tag @analgesicsleep The 4d aspect comes in handy to have the time to tune it.

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