Palestrina

[ pal-uh-stree-nuh; Italian pah-le-stree-nah ]

/ ˌpæl əˈstri nə; Italian ˌpɑ lɛˈstri nɑ /

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noun

Gio·van·ni Pier·lu·i·gi da

[jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah], /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/, 1526?–94, Italian composer.

Ancient Praeneste. a town in central Italy, ESE of Rome.

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Words nearby Palestrina

Palestinian, Palestinian Administered Territories, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian National Authority, palestra, Palestrina, paletot, palette, palette knife, pale western cutworm, Paley

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How to use Palestrina in a sentence

Palestrina gives, as it were, the musical translation of Michael Angelo's great poem.
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music|Charles Gounod
Palestrina and Bach were deities in my eyes, and I was casting down the idols they were accustomed to worship.
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music|Charles Gounod
He loved truth as Palestrina loved music, or Raphael loved painting, or Socrates loved virtue.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI|John Lord
A distinguished foreign prelate was her patron, and his recommendation opened every door, even the Palestrina's.
The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete|Georg Ebers

The Church to which he belonged was no longer guided in its music by the principles of Palestrina.
Haydn|J. Cuthbert Hadden

British Dictionary definitions for Palestrina

Palestrina

/ (ˌpælɛˈstriːnə) /

noun

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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