5.7 Discussion: Music by Palestrina Visual & Performing Arts Essay

Discussion Music by Palestrina
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Music by Palestrina
Palestrina was a renaissance writer of sacred music, born in 1525 in Italy. He was the most outstanding music officer of the Roman School of music writing. He had an enduring impact on the church’s success and non-religious music in Europe, especially in the opposition’s growth. His work was regarded as the pinnacle of the renaissance. He wrote music to motivate listeners and motivate the Christian community. Palestrina was an instrumentalist of the Cathedral of St. Agapito, the main church in his home city (Kursell, 2015). Pope Marcellus Mass (Kyrie) is a piece of music written by Plarestina as a Choral-sacred category. The 4:38 long music piece was produced by Khouri Murray and sung by the Oxford Camerata choir. The voices move in an ascending order step by step after an upward cross over...