Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 – 2 February 1594) was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. The central representative of the Roman School, with Orlande de Lassus and Tomás Luis de Victoria, Palestrina is considered the leading composer of late 16th-century Europe.Primarily known for his masses and motets, which number over 105 and 250 respectively, Palestrina had a long-lasting influence on the development of church and secular music in Europe, especially on the development of counterpoint. According to Grove Music Online, Palestrina's "success in reconciling the functional and aesthetic aims of Catholic church music in the post-Tridentine period earned him an enduring reputation as the ideal Catholic composer, as well as giving his style (or, more precisely, later generations' selective view of it) an iconic stature as a model of perfect achievement."

Motets for the Season of Christmas - 2019-07-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Palestrina & Ingegneri: Sacred Works - 2019-03-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Palestrina: Missa Tu es Petrus, Caro Mea, Improperium Expectavit - 2018-10-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Palestrina Vol. 8 - 2018-09-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Motets for the Blessed Virgin - 2018-09-07T00:00:00.000000Z

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