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Palestrina and the Roman school
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Palestrina and the Roman school · Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina directed the choirs of major churches in Rome and for a time sang in the papal chapel. The Council of Trent wanted church music that was edifying and kept the text intelligible. Palestrina wrote masses in which the voices move smoothly and dissonances are carefully prepared, such as the Missa Papae Marcelli, printed in 1567. According to a later legend he thereby saved polyphony, and his style remained for centuries the model of pure church music.
Listening
Listening tip. In the Kyrie of the Missa Papae Marcelli, listen to how six voices glide over one another in long, calm lines, without jolts or sharp dissonances.
Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie (Palestrina) · The Tallis Scholars & Peter Phillips, 1567
Sicut cervus (Palestrina) · Sixtijnse Kapel & Massimo Palombella, 1584
O magnum mysterium (Victoria) · Westminster Cathedral Choir & David Hill, 1572
See also
- The Tallis Scholars & Peter Phillips
- Sixtijnse Kapel & Massimo Palombella
- Westminster Cathedral Choir & David Hill
- Franco-Flemish polyphony
- German Baroque and Bach
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