Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was a leading 16th-century Italian Renaissance composer renowned for his sacred polyphonic music and lasting influence on Western choral tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian composer
Renaissance composer
composer
person
activeIn 16th century
associatedWith Council of Trent
surface form: Council of Trent reforms
birthCountry Italy
birthPlace Palestrina
Papal States
citizenship Italy
Papal States
composed hundreds of motets
over 100 masses
deathPlace Papal States
Rome
employer Cappella Giulia
Sistine Chapel
surface form: Cappella Sistina

Basilica of Saint Mary Major
surface form: Santa Maria Maggiore

St. Peter's Basilica
surface form: St Peter's Basilica
familyName Pierluigi
genre madrigal
mass
motet
polyphonic music
sacred music
givenName Giovanni
honorific Prince of Music
influenced Western choral tradition
counterpoint pedagogy
knownFor Roman School of music
sacred polyphonic music
languageOfLyrics Latin
legacy model of Renaissance counterpoint
movement Renaissance
name Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina self-link
nationality Italian
notableWork Missa Aeterna Christi Munera
Missa Brevis
Missa Papae Marcelli
Stabat Mater
occupation choirmaster
composer
religion Roman Catholicism
style contrapuntal writing
vocal polyphony
taughtIn Rome

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Agnus Dei musicalSettingBy Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Pope Marcellus II associatedWith Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Philippe de Monte contemporaryOf Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina name Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina self-link
Tomás Luis de Victoria influencedBy Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Tomás Luis de Victoria contemporaneousWith Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Cristóbal de Morales influenced Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Westminster Cathedral Choir performsRepertoireBy Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Salve Regina hasMusicalSettingsBy Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina