Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)

Palestrina was one of the most influential composers of the 16th century. He spent virtually all his career in Rome, first as a chorister at Santa Maria Maggiore before later entering the service of the Pope as maestro di cappella of the Cappella Giulia. He was a prolific composer, writing over 100 Masses, 300 motets and 140 madrigals. However, today he is most renowned for his sacred music and his name is synonymous with the perfection of Renaissance polyphony. In the centuries since his death, composers have sought to emulate his balance of textual clarity vs contrapuntal interest in their search for an ars perfecta.

Adiuro vos, filiae Jerusalem –
ATTBarB or SAATB

£5.50 per 10 copies

Caput eius –
ATTBarB or SAATB

£5.50 per 10 copies

Descendi in hortum meum –
AATBarB or SSATB

£5.50 per 10 copies

Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum –
ATTBarB or SAATB

£5.50 per 10 copies

Gaudent in caelis –
ATBarB or SATB

£5.50 per 10 copies

Magnificat Primi Toni a8 –
ATBarB.ATBarB or SATB.SATB

£5.50 per 10 copies

O Rex gloriae –
ATBarB or SATB

£5.50 per 10 copies

Osculetur me –
ATBarBarB or SATTB

£5.50 per 10 copies

Missa Papae Marcelli –
A(A)T(T)BarBarBB or S(S)A(A)TTBB

£16.50 per 10 copies

Pulchra es, amica mea –
ATTBarB or SAATB

£5.50 per 10 copies

Quae est ista quae
progreditur –
AATBarB or SSATB

£5.50 per 10 copies

Sicut cervus –
ATBarB or SATB

£5.50 per 10 copies

Surge, propera amica mea a4 –
ATBarB or SATB

£5.50 per 10 copies

Coming Soon

A selection of Masses including:

Missa ad fugam – ATBarB or SATB

Missa Aspice Domine – ATBarBarB or SATTB

Missa Nigra sum – ATBarBarB or SATTB