Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602 – ca.1678) was choir nun and composer who resided in
the Convent of Santa Radegonda in Milan, Italy. Like many young women from noble or
merchant class families, she professed vows of poverty, chastitye, and obidience at age 18
and lived her entire life behind the stone walls and iron grates of the convent.
Originally scored for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, and organ, this edition seeks to restore the
music from the original published copy for an authentic performance. The edition retains the
key and time signatures but transposes the bass up an octave. All markings are editorial, and
the figured bass has been realized.
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