Claudia Rusca (1593 – 6 October 1676) was an Italian female 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 destroyed in a fire at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in 1943.
Sacri concerti: Adoramus te, Christe (Milan 1630)
Sacri concerti: Gaudete gaudio magno
Sacri concerti: Canzone seconda
Sacri Concerti a 1-5 Con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi, No. 17: Canzon Prima à4 'la Borromea'
Sacri concerti: No. 13, Hic accipiet benedictionem
Sacri concerti: Canzone francese seconda (Milan 1630)
Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583-1676) - Canzon Seconda à4, No.18 from Sacri Concerti à1-5 con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi (Milan, 1630)
Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583-1676) - Canzon Prima à4 'La Borromea,' No.17 from Sacri Concerti à1-5 con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi (Milan, 1630)
Sacri Concerti a 1-5 Con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi, No. 18: Canzon Seconda à4
Canzon seconda
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