Vittoria aleotti biography
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Vittoria Aleotti
| Italian Augustinian nun, composer and organist Country: Italy |
Biography of Vittoria Aleotti
Vittoria Aleotti was an Italian nun of the Augustinian order, as well as a composer and organist.
Some researchers believe that Vittoria Aleotti (c.
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1575 – after 1620) and Raffaella Aleotti (c. 1570 – after 1646) are the same person, while others dispute this claim.
Early Life and Education
Vittoria was born in Ferrara, into the family of the renowned and respected architect Giovanni Battista Aleotti.
However, she is not mentioned in his will dated 1631. According to her father, Vittoria became interested in music by listening to her older sister's lessons. Within a year, she learned to play instruments, particularly the harpsichord, and her voice was so good that she was sent to study with Alessandro Milleville, a French composer and organist who had achieved fame in Italy, and his student Ercole Pasquini in Ferrara.
Entry into the Monastery
At the age of 6
