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- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
A lifelong friendship, a papal jubilee, and a revamped St Peter's, but also some hard-hitting losses... Donald Macleod sees why Palestrina is considering becoming a priest.
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- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Palestrina is employed by popes and princes, with his fame spreading beyond Rome: Donald Macleod sees how he is now working on the reformation of music after the Council of Trent.
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- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
As young Palestrina makes a name for himself in Rome, Donald Macleod opens the venerable score of the Mass which is considered to have marked a turning point in music history.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002d7cp
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- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Donald Macleod invites you to Renaissance Rome, starting in a small town outside of the Eternal City, where our investigation into the origins of Giovanni da Palestrina begins...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002d9y8