Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Sarah Bliss November 2014 Dr. Glenn Pickett Music History I Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina The Renaissance was known as the rebirth of Europe in the Late Middle Ages. It was a cultural movement that took up most of the 14th through the 17th century beginning in Italy and pushing its way through the rest of Europe. During this time, the church was one of the only places that musicians and composers alike could get guaranteed money and consistent work. People like Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina took full advantage of this fact and made sacred music during the 16th century. Palestrina was known as “the greatest composer of liturgical music of all time...” He influenced hundreds of composers throughout the centuries, including one of the greats, Johann Sebastian Bach. He is still an inspiration to church musicians and composers today…

liturgical music of all time, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian born on February 3rd 1525. He took his name from his birthplace of Palestrina. As a youngling Palestrina sang in the streets of Rome while selling his parents farm products. While roaming the streets Palestrina was heard by the choirmaster of the Santa Maria Maggiore who then decided to educate him musically. Palestrina then got the job as an organist in his hometown principal church, St. Agapito in 1544, his duties…

concerns he had about certain practices of the Church. He felt as if that church music should be less about giving hearing pleasure and more of “inspiring religious contemplation.” In response, the Church decided to ignore Martin Luther’s comments, but it was too late, as his idea’s already reached all of Europe. Many started to think the music had lost its purity. Luther was then asked to withdraw his list and then expelled from the church when he refused to do so. To retaliate, the Church…

mass including Johannes Regis (c. 1425 - c. 1496), Guillaume Du Fay, and Johannes Ockeghem (c.1410 - 1497). Despite the argument over who composed their mass first, according to Pierce (2011) the most popular of these masses are Dufay’s, Ockeghem’s, and one composed 20 years later by Josquin de Prez (c.1450-1521). Pierce (2011) reported that after these composers created their masses, over forty more composers composed their l’homme armé masses during the Renaissance. Roughly thirty of those…

World was a land observed as a place with unusual things and unusual people waiting to be discovered. Early American literature authors wrote about events they lived through with a bit of an overdramatic flair on trying to create an attention-grabbing performance. Captive narratives were popular amongst colonists due and to continue to maintain their faith despite how challenging the situation may be, and is also the type of story two out of three of the authors will be reviewed under. In this…

is Josquin Des Prez. Josquin Des Prez’s life is not completely known, but was said to have studied at the Dutch school for renaissance composers. Josquin Des Prez wrote many pieces. The pieces varied from huge masses to music that is not spiritual. Josquin Des Prez wrote songs for vocalists. Another composer is Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. As another vocal instructor, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina created a new musical technique called the “Palestrina Style”. Giovanni was a very…

rather than spoken word. Opera’s roots first appeared in Italy during the early seventeenth century inn Florence, an informal academy met in the salon of Count Giovanni Bardi and formed the Camerata. “The Florentine Camerata principal concern was to reform the ornamental excesses and bring about a more beautiful and expressive style of singing.” (Palisca, 1989: p.29) “They recognized the emotive power of music when combined with words, they aspired to restore and recreate what they believed…