Palestrina, Part 2: Across the Centuries

Program: #91-44 Air Date: Nov 04, 1991

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Part 2 in a series on one of the towering figures in the music of the late 16th century. A prolific composer of masses and motets, Palestrina was held in awe by both theorists and composers as the "savior of church music."

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