See also: Palestrina

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (born with Palestrina (Praeneste) close to Rome, 1525 or 1526 - died the February 2nd 1594 in Rome) is a Italian Compositeur .

He is the most known representative of the Renaissance of the catholic musical type-setters. Palestrina had an enormous impact on the development of the catholic sacred music, and its work can be interpreted like a summary of the Polyphonie of the Rebirth.

Biography

Palestrina is the name of its birthplace, close to Rome, which it will take as patronym. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina passed most of its life to Rome. Documents in which it is indexed as a Holy-Marie-Major chorus-singer with let think that it visited for the first time the Eternal City in 1537. It made its studies with Robin Mallapert and Firmin Lebel (There is a rumor which says that Claude Goudimel taught in Palestrina. The rumor dates from the XIXe century but according to recent studies, Goudimel forever be in Rome). In 1544 - 1551, Palestrina was organist of the principal church of his birthplace, and in its last year became maestro di cappella with the church Holy-Marie-Major basilica in Rome.

In 1550, the bishop of its city is elected pope under the name of Jules III and invites it to follow it to the Holy See, impressed by its first compositions, a book of masses: it is named director of music of the Basilique Saint-Pierre of Rome. It is noted that it is the first book of masses by an Italian type-setter of stock, the majority of the type-setters of sacred music in Italy at that time coming from the Netherlands, of France or Spain. In fact, its book of masses is inspired by a book of masses of Morales, and engravings of the cover are almost the same ones as those on the book of the Spanish musician.

One of the successors of the pope Paul III, Paul IV, requires the resignation of all the Chanteur S having been married or having written profane works (madrigaux), which is the case of Palestrina. It thus leaves the the Vatican and takes successively the musical direction of Saint-Paul-of-Lateran, then of Holy-Marie-Major. In 1571 it turns over to Saint-Pierre of Rome and remains there for until the end of its life. The years 1570 are difficult at the personal level: it loses his brother, his two sons, and his wife because of the Peste (respectively in 1572, 1575 and 1580). It makes the decision then to become priest at this time, but prefers to marry again, and this time at a widowed rich person, which allows him a certain financial independence (it was not very well paid as a choirmaster). It can thus compose with profusion until its death, at the 68 years age; he is then recognized by all the Musicien S of his time. Victor Hugo will regard it as the father of all the Christian music. He is buried in Saint-Pierre in 1594.

Principal works

• 104 Mass S

• 375 Motet S of which tearing them Impropères of the Good Friday perhaps its more beautiful work.
• Magnificat, Lamentations of Jérémie
madrigaux
• 42 spiritual
• 91 madrigaux laymen

External bonds

• musicologie.org Biography, sources (printed collections, collective printed collections, handwritten autographs, old handwritten copies), catalogs works, bibliography, discography

Simple: Giovanni da Palestrina