Sulpitia Cesis was born in 1577 in Modena, Italy. She was an Italian composer as well as a well-regarded lutenist. Her father was Count Annibale Cesis and he gave 300 pieces of gold for her dowry upon entering the Augustinian convent in Modena in 1593. She was a nun at the convent of Saint Geminiano in Modena, although some sources report it as Saint Agostino. Her only known work is a volume of eight-part Motetti Spirituali, which she wrote in 1619.
Motetti spirituali: Cantate Domino
Motetti spirituali: Hodie gloriosus
Motetti spirituali: Jubilate Deo
Motetti spirituali: Angelus ad pastores
Motetti spirituali: Io so ferito si
Motetti spirituali: Stabat Mater
Motetti spirituali: Benedictus Dominus
Motetti spirituali: Dulce nomen Jesu Christe
Motetti spirituali: Pecco Signore
Motetti spirituali: Cantemus Domino
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