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With this knowledge, some suggest that
Vittoria and Raffaella are two different women. To support this assertion, many have written that it was almost impossible and highly unlikely that the same woman would publish two books of different music under two different names. In addition, it is said that while Vittoria entrusted the dedication of her works to her father, Raffaella took full responsibility of writing her own dedication, thus insinuating the stark personality differences as well.
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at the convent until her death. Raffaella enjoyed complex music and would often use harmony and dissonance to heighten the text. However, she was at times criticized because some thought that as the music became more complex by utilizing more voices, the holiness of the music disappeared and gave way
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Battista Aleotti is said to have had five daughters. Although there is no record of a daughter named Raffaella, it has been assumed that Vittoria changed her name once she dedicated herself to service. There are many accounts that suggest that Vittoria and Raffaella are two different sisters
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Silbiger - 1987 "In 1593 Aleotti published a book of madrigals by his daughter Vittoria. In the same year a book of motets was published by Raphaela Aleotti in which she named Ercole Pasquini as having taught her in that art, and in which two motets by him
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was the first book of sacred music by a woman to appear in print, and contains eighteen motets; thirteen quintets, two septets, two octets, and one motet for ten voices. Aleotti wrote and arranged the motets in Latin.
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Raffaella was renowned for her skills at the organ and also well known in playing other instruments such as the harpsichord, the trombone, and other wind instruments. She was relentlessly praised by
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Bowers, Jane M., and Judith Tick. Women Making Music: the
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Western Art Tradition, 1150-1950. Urbana: University of Illinois, 1986. Print.
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After 1593, Vittoria is never heard of again while
Raffaella gained tremendous fame for her musical abilities to perform and to lead.
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Sacrae cantiones quinque, septem, octo, & decem vocibus decantande (1593) Book of Motets for five, seven, eight, and ten voices.
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Motet: Angelus ad pastores ait (text of Luke 2:10-11)
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