Caterina Benedicta Grazianini
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Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. early-18th century) was a composer active in Vienna, originally from Italy. She was one of the female composers in a group active at the time, who Wellesz believed were regular canonesses, rather than employed at the court. This group included Maria de Raschenau, Maria Margherita Grimani, and Camilla de Rossi.[1] Grazianini is known only through her two surviving works, the oratorios S Gemignano vescovo e protettore di Modena (performed 1705 and 1715) and S Teresa. On one of these is a note to the effect that it was performed for the ladies of Modena and Brunswick, and was very well received.[2] Her works are in two sections and an Italian overture, for four soloists and string orchestra.[3]
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- Suzanne G. Cusick. "Caterina Benedicta Grazianini", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed July 9, 2007), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
- Suzanne G. Cusick. "Maria de Raschenau", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed July 9, 2007), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
- Pendle, Karin Women in Music: A History "Musical Women of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries" by Barbara Garvey Jackson, Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN, 2001. ISBN 978-0253214225
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