Caterina Giani was a Venetian musician who lived from approximately 1630 until sometime after 1673. There is just one known surviving composition by her, and it’s today’s Beautiful Music. LIEBSTER JESU, TRAUTES LEBEN is a motet for solo voice and strings. This performance by soprano Arianna Aerie with Musicke’s Cordes was part of Early Music Missouri’s December 2021 Holiday Concert.