1525–1594

Introduction

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Born: Cir­ca 1525, prob­ab­ly in Pa­les­tri­na, It­aly (near Rome).

Died: Feb­ru­ary 2, 1594, Rome, It­aly.

Buried: St. Pe­ter’s Ba­si­li­ca, Va­ti­can Ci­ty.

Biography

Palestrina ranks among the great cho­ral mu­sic com­pos­ers. He be­came mas­ter of the Ca­pel­la Giu­lia in Rome in 1551. He wrote mass­es, cho­rales, ma­dri­gals, and oth­er works.

Sources

Music