Two Motets

*Two Renaissance Motets* arranged for tenor recorder and continuo. Includes introduction.

1. Laudate Dominum
2. Haec Dies

Francesca Caccini:(18 September 1587 – between 1641 and 1645 most likely; or she may have remarried) was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era. She was also known by the nickname "La Cecchina"; given to her by the Florentines and probably a diminutive of "Francesca". She was the daughter of Giulio Caccini. Her only surviving stage work, La liberazione di Ruggiero, is widely considered the oldest opera by a woman composer.  As a female composer she helped to solidify the agency and the cultural and political programs of her female patron

_Score 11 pp. Parts 4 pp._