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The Mass is a form of sacred musical composition that sets the invariable portions of the Christian Eucharistic liturgy, known as the Mass.
Missa Virgo parens Christi by Jacobus Barbireau
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 considered the leading composer of late 16th-century Europe.
Facade of St 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