Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. The central representative of the Roman School, with Orlande de Lassus and Tomás Luis de Victoria, Palestrina is con
Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, by an unknown Italian painter (c. 1590)
Facade of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, where Palestrina was musical director
Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, 16th century
Palestrina, presenting his masses to Pope Julius III, 1554
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Renaissance music is traditionally understood to cover European music of the 15th and 16th centuries, later than the Renaissance era as it is understood in other disciplines. Rather than starting from
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
…Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (between 3 February 1525 and 2 February 1526 – 2 February 1594) was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. The central representative of the Roman School, with Orlande de Lassus and Tomás Luis de Victoria, Palestrina is considered the leading composer of…
Gerard van Honthorst, The Concert (1623), National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
San Marco in the evening. The spacious, resonant interior was one of the inspirations for the music of the Venetian School.
Selection of Renaissance instruments
Modern French hurdy-gurdy