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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, chastity, and obedience at age 18 and lived her entire life behind the stone walls and iron grates of the convent. She composed and published four volumes of music for the famous choir nuns at Santa Radegonda.

“Regna Terrae, Cantate Deo” a setting of Pslams 67:33-36, is a motet from Cozzolani’s1642 volume of music. The performance would have taken place in the chapel with the nuns singing any playing behind a wall or iron grate to obscure their faces from the public.

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. For the most authentic sound, an organ or harpsichord should be used as well as a cello and/or double bass to complete the continuo consort.

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