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Palestrina
[ pal-uh-stree-nuh; Italian pah-le-stree-nah ]
noun
- Gio·van·ni Pier·lu·i·gi da [jaw-, vahn, -nee pye, r, -loo-, ee, -jee dah], 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- Ancient Praeneste. a town in central Italy, ESE of Rome.
Palestrina
/ ˌpælɛˈstriːnə /
noun
- PalestrinaGiovanni Pierluigi da?15251594MItalianMUSIC: composer Giovanni Pierluigi da (dʒoˈvanni pierˈluiːdʒi da). ?1525–94, Italian composer and master of counterpoint. His works, nearly all for unaccompanied choir and religious in nature, include the Missa Papae Marcelli (1555)
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Palestrina gives, as it were, the musical translation of Michael Angelo's great poem.
Palestrina and Bach were deities in my eyes, and I was casting down the idols they were accustomed to worship.
He loved truth as Palestrina loved music, or Raphael loved painting, or Socrates loved virtue.
A distinguished foreign prelate was her patron, and his recommendation opened every door, even the Palestrina's.
The Church to which he belonged was no longer guided in its music by the principles of Palestrina.
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