- Lucia Quinciani
Lucia Quinciani (c. 1566, "fl." 1611) was an Italian composer. She is the earliest known published female composer of
monody . She is known only by one composition, a setting of "Udite lagrimosi spirti d’Averno, udite", fromGiovanni Battista Guarini 's "Il pastor fido", found inMarcantonio Negri 's "Affetti amorosi" (1611), in which Negri refers to Quinciani as his student. She may have worked in Venice orVerona .References
*Thomas W. Bridges. "Lucia Quinciani", "Grove Music Online", ed. L. Macy (accessed
November 5 2006 ), [http://www.grovemusic.com/ grovemusic.com] (subscription access).
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