Dulcamara Press

07/05/2024

Upcoming publications from Dulcamara Press!

06/05/2024

How do we decide when sexism is involved with a composer being forgotten?

29/02/2024

Dulcamara is at ! Come by to say hello if you're attending 👋

26/02/2024

It's always a good day with Chas as my collaborator 😻

17/11/2023

We're here!

17/11/2023

We've got our swag ready and I'm so ready to learn from the all the folks at the HIP to HIP Pathways in Early Music conference at UCLA!
Dulcamara Press will be exhibiting, so if you're also attending don't be shy!

27/10/2023

Dulcamara is taking off!! ❤️

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18/10/2023

On the first train to Manhattan for the Women in Art and Music conference at Juilliard today! So excited to learn from some amazing scholars and performers 🤩

03/10/2023

Looking for beautiful contemporary art song options? This haunting cycle for two singers and either harp or piano are gorgeous settings of Indonesian poet Chairil Anwar's verses.

These beautiful scores are just calling out to be heard!

03/10/2023

We've been busy this summer finishing several new editions including the second volume of Raffaella Aleotti's motets for five voices.

Volume III, Sacred Motets for Seven, Eight, and Ten Voices is printed and being bound as you read this! 😍 more updates coming very soon!

17/05/2023

🎉🥂 Our first publication is here and we're ready for your orders!!
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Raffaella Aleotti's 5-voice motets are stunning examples of late-16th c. vocal polyphony. I can't wait to hear what pro and academic ensembles do with these pieces!

And stay tuned for the next installment; this is just volume 1 of 5!

Shout out to for their collaboration on bringing this edition to life! 🙏

24/03/2023

Things I'm learning as I prepare to send this baby to print:

Lets be real, I can't begin to afford an ISBN😱😢 no idea it was so expensive or that in the US those numbers are only issued by one single private company! Calling all experts, do I really need one?

But so far the process has been much more doable! Making progress toward the finish line!

10/03/2023

Final draft time! Our new performance edition of Raffaella Aleotti's 5-voice motets is sooo close to publication!! Stay tuned for updates!

04/09/2022

Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce the publication of Camilla de Rossi's cantata "Fra Dori, e Fileno" in a beautiful new edition by Dr. Marylin Winkle ().

Stay tuned for more information about this exciting project coming soon!

05/05/2022

Our first release is a collection of 5-voice motets by renaissance composer Raphaela Aleotta. Read on to learn more about this too-long-overlooked composer!

Late 16th century Ferrara was a city devoted to music and the arts, flourishing under the keen patronage of Duke Alfonso II d’Este, patron to the famous Concerto delle Donne (a thread for another time) Alfonso’s appetite for musical excellence spread far beyond the walls of his own palace, and he encouraged the study and performance of music in the city’s convents.

In the convent of San Vito, there was “a rare organist beyond all belief... Suor Raffaella” whose musical skills were put to incredible use as a performer, composer, and director. The daughter of a gifted architect and engineer employed by the Este family, Raphaela received an excellent education, and her talent for music was clear from an early age.

The musicians at San Vito provided an ideal vehicle for Raphaela’s musical prowess. Contemporary musician Hercule Bottrigari describes attending a performance by the nuns of San Vito “it appeared to me that the persons who ordinarily participated in this concert were not human, bodily creatures, but were truly angelic spirits.”

The ensemble at San Vito included wind, string, and brass instruments, and singers of remarkable vocal range: two sopranos, two female tenors, and according to Artusi a “singular and astonishing” female bass. Under Raphaela’s direction, the ensemble was described by Artusi as “the most excellent, unified, and well-proportioned ensemble that Italy possesses.”

In 1593 Raphaela Aleotta published a collection of motets for 5, 7, 8 and 10 voices. Her compositions are consummate examples of late 16th century polyphony, balancing lyricism and elegant vocal lines with powerful imagery and sometimes surprising turns of dissonance.

Appetite whetted after reading all that? Learn more about our new editions of her 5-voice motets at dulcamarapress.com.

02/05/2022

It's official!! 🍾🥂Happy launch day! Welcome to Dulcamara Press, where gorgeous, practical performance scores are our passion. We specialize in music by underrepresented composers from every historical era, new music by living composers, and hard-to-find early music.
Please visit us at dulcamarapress.com to find out more!

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