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GiovanniPierluigidaPalestrina(b.1524or1525,Palestrina,Italy;d.1594,Rome)
BornGiovanniPierluigi,helateraddedthenameofhisnativetowntohissurname.Thefirstknownmusicalfactabout“Giannetto”isthathewenttoRometostudysingingataroundage13.Heislistedin1537asamemberoftheCappellaLiberianaatSantaMariaMaggiore.HebecameorganistattheCathedralofPalestrinaandwaslaterappointeddirectorofthePontificalChoirintheJulianChapelatSt.Peter’sinRome.
Palestrinawasprimarilyacomposerofmassesandsacredmotets.HismusicisoftenreferredtoastheperfectexampleofRenaissancereligiouscompositionbecauseofthedegreetowhichheeliminatedsecularelementsinhissacredwriting.Manyofhismassesuseplainchant,whichhesometimesfollowedexactlyandothertimesmodifiedinuniqueways.Hiswritingisclearandserene,withtextsexpressivelyset;hiscontrapuntallinesareelegantlybalanced.Palestrina’scounterpointremainsamodelformusicstudentstoday.
Likemanycomposersofhisday,PalestrinaadheredtothedictatesoftheCouncilofTrent.Hemaintainedhisownvoice,though.IndedicatingasetofmotetstoPopeGregoryXIII,Palestrinasaid“IhaveusedakindofmusicsomewhatlivelierthanIhavebeenaccustomedtouseinchurchmusic,forthisIfeltthatthesubjectitselfdemanded.”Thiscomposer'sworksinSt.Martin'sChamberChoir'srepertoire:DoctorbonusMissaPapaeMarcelliOquantusluctusStabatMater