Gracia Baptista | |
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Personal | |
Religion | Catholic |
Nationality | Spanish |
Gracia Baptista ( fl. 1557?) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun and composer who lived in Ávila. [1] Her setting of Conditor alme, published in 1557 in the Libro de cifra nueva para tecla, Arpa y Vihuela of Luis Venegas de Henestrosa, [2] is the earliest keyboard work by an Iberian woman composer, [3] the first published composition by a woman composer, [4] and possibly the only surviving published keyboard work by an Iberian woman dating to before the eighteenth century. [5] The piece is scored for voice and either organ or harpsichord. [1] It has been recorded. [6] [7]