Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (1658–1680) was an Italian

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. She studied in Ancona, Italy, with the

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friar Scipio Lazzarini. He included her motet ''Sitientes venite'' and works by two of his other students in his ''Motetti a due e tre voce''. At age sixteen (December 1674) Nascinbeni published one volume of music including songs, canzonas, madrigals and

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s for organ and one, two and three voices. All that is known of her life is from the prefaces to her music volumes.

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:1.She also spelled her last name as ''Nascimbeni''.

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Facsimile of ''Canzoni e Madrigali morale e spirituali'' (1674)
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