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Palestrina

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Pa·le·stri·na  (pl-strn, päl-strnä), Giovanni Pierluigi da 1526?-1594.
Italian composer known especially for his Masses. His other works include motets and madrigals.
Palestrina [ˌpælɛˈstriːnə]
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(Biographies / Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (?1525-1594) M, Italian, MUSIC: composer) Giovanni Pierluigi da (dʒoˈvanni pierˈluiːdʒi da). ?1525-94, Italian composer and master of counterpoint. His works, nearly all for unaccompanied choir and religious in nature, include the Missa Papae Marcelli (1555)
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Noun1.Palestrina - Italian composer (1526-1594)Palestrina - Italian composer (1526-1594)        
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
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He was a shepherd-boy attached to the farm of the Count of San-Felice, situated between Palestrina and the lake of Gabri; he was born at Pampinara, and entered the count's service when he was five years old; his father was also a shepherd, who owned a small flock, and lived by the wool and the milk, which he sold at Rome.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Hence Raphael, Michael Angelo, Jean Goujon, Palestrina, those splendors of the dazzling sixteenth century.
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