Claudia Rusca, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Claudia Rusca

Italian female composer

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1593

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1676

Profession: composer, singer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Claudia Rusca (1593 – 6 October 1676) was an Italian composer, singer, and organist. She was a nun at the Umiliate monastery of St.
Caterina in Brera.
She learned music at home, before she professed her final vows at the convent.
She probably wrote her Sacri concerti à 1–5 con salmi e canzoni francesi (Milan, 1630) for use in the monastery and similar female institutions.
The only known copy was thought to be destroyed in a fire at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in 1943.However, International Music Score Library Project has a facsimile available as well as modern editions of “Sacri concerti”.