Maria Xaveria Peruchona (or Parruchona) (1652–after 1709)
Composer
Works published by MoV
Cessate tympana, cessate praelia (SATB & continuo)
(Ed. Henry Lebedinsky)
Cessate tympana, cessate praelia (SATB & continuo)
Cessate tympana, is taken from Sacri concerti de motetti a una, due, tre e quattro voci, parte con violini, e parte senza, published in Milan in 1675. It has been transcribed faithfully from a copy in Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna. (Henry Lebedinsky)
Translation: Silence your drums. Cease your warring cries, Silence!
Today, the organ is triumphant. Alleluia!
Resound, all you trumpets; sing with joy, you beautiful stars,
For the flame of the world is risen, the Sovereign of Heaven, who we adore.
O how sweet it is to see Jesus, to witness the brilliant triumph of love.
Therefore let all mortals rejoice for they are freed from the pains of death.
In such happiness, in such delight, unbar the gates of the Kingdom,
O most noble, O most illustrious inhabitants of Heaven.
Show forth your joy, strew flowers and let their perfume fill the air.
Sing ‘Gloria’, for the True Life has risen, who we adore. Alleluia!
(© Henry Lebedinsky 2019)
Cessate tympana, cessate praelia (SATB & continuo)
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Maria Xaveria Peruchona (1652–after 1709)
Maria Xaveria Peruchona (or Parruchona) was born in the northern Italian town of Gozzano. At the age of sixteen she entered the Ursuline convent in Galliate, where she apparently studied music with Francesco Beria and Antonio Grosso. She suffered from poor health throughout her life, and died in the convent sometime after 1709. Her only known musical output was Sacri concerti de motetti a una, due, tre, e quattro voci, parte con violini, e parte senza, published in 1675 by Francesco Vigone of Milan. Of the eighteen pieces in this collection, the works for smaller ensembles are particularly fine. Her texts, while lacking the polished eloquence of her fellow Ursuline, Isabella Leonarda, are intensely personal and deeply felt.
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