Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
(c.1525–1594)Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition.
“He spent almost all his career working and composing for the Catholic Church in Rome, much of it for the Vatican..... He also wrote over 100 madrigals, both secular and sacred.”
- is frequently taught in university courses on music
- always sung at Papal Coronation Masses
- in honor of Pope Marcellus II (1501-1555-1555) who held the Papacy for 22 days
Missa Papae Marcelli / Pope Marcellus Mass
- his most well-known and most often-performed mass- is frequently taught in university courses on music
- always sung at Papal Coronation Masses
- in honor of Pope Marcellus II (1501-1555-1555) who held the Papacy for 22 days
- Like most Renaissance masses, it consists of a Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus/Benedictus, and Angus Dei. The music's sense of balance and pose is evident from the opening Kyrie.
- Its is primarily a six-voice mass, but voice combinations are varied throughout the piece.
Missa brevis (brief Mass)
- The Gloria opens with all 4 parts in homophony before the parts began to weave an imitative texture, sometimes working in pairs or trios.
Stabat Mater Dolorosa / Sorrows of Mary 聖母瑪利亞悼歌
- during crucifixion of Jesus - a sacred music
Source: Wiki
O Crux Ave / Hail, O Cross
BBC: Sacred Music: Palestrina & the Popes
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