Palestrina

palestrina Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina The greatest composer of liturgical music of all time, earthy at Palestrina (ancient Praeneste) in 1514 or 1515, according to Baini, Riemann, and others, according to Haberl, in 1526; died at Rome, 2 February, 1594. His early history is practically unknown. Giusseppi Ottavia Pittoni (1657-1743), in notizie dei maestri di cappella si di Rome che altramontani, 1600-1700, a manuscript in the Vatican, relates that jejune Pierluigi sang in the streets of Rome while offering for cut-rate sale the products of his parents farm and that he was heard on such an affair by the precentor of Santa Maria Maggiore, who, impressed by the boys set on voice and pronounced musical talent, educated him musically. As to the individuality of the cantor, tradition gives no clue. Some hold that Palestrina was taught by Jacques Arcadelt (1514-60), choirmaster and composer in Rome from 1539 to 1549. The opinion, so long held, that Claude Goudi mel (1505-72) was hi...If you want to to-do a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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