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P0023100 (păl′ĭ-strē′nə, pä′lĕ-strē′nä), Giovanni Pierluigi da 1526?-1594. Italian composer noted for his sacred choral music, which typifies late Renaissance polyphony.

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(ˌpælɛˈstriːnə) n (Biography) 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)

Pa•le•stri•na

(ˌpæl əˈstri nə)

n. Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1526?–94, Italian composer.

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Palestrina - Italian composer (1526-1594) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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(pälāstrē`nä), town (1991 pop. 15,802), in Latium, central Italy. It is an agricultural market. It is located on the site of Praeneste, a town founded by c.800 B.C. and later destroyed (and rebuilt) by the Romans in the 1st cent. B.C. Of note are the ruins of a temple of Fortuna (8th cent. B.C.), celebrated for its oracles, and a 12th-century cathedral. The composer PalestrinaPalestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
, c.1525–1594, Italian composer whose family name was Pierluigi; b. Palestrina, from which he took his name. Palestrina represents with Lasso the culmination of Renaissance music.
..... Click the link for more information. was born there (c.1525).

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Giovanni Pierluigi 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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noun Italian composer (1526-1594)

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