Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662 – 19 April 1708) was an Italian composer and painter.

Biography

Angiola Moratori was born in Bologna

Bologna

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, the daughter of a Bolognese physician, and married Tomaso Scanabecchi Monetta. She studied instrumental performance, singing and painting and composed oratorios, the scores of which have been lost. Her paintings are housed in churches, Santo Stefano

Santo Stefano (Bologna)

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 in Bologna, San Giovanni in Monte

Monte

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, Madonna di Galliera in Bologna, and San Domenico in Ferrara

Ferrara

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. Scanabecchi died in Bologna and is buried in Madonna di Galliera beneath her painting of St. Tommaso.

Works

Selected musical works include:

• Il martirio di Santo Colomba (1689) libretto by Giancomo Antonio Bergamori
• Li giochi di Sansone (1694) libretto by Giancomo Antonio Bergamori
• L’Esterre (1695) libretto by Giancomo Antonio Bergamori
• Cristo morto (1696) libretto by Giancomo Antonio Bergamori