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Composer of the Week Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) Episodes

    Crowning Gloria

    5/5 Palestrina joins a collective, gets tempting job offers and even becomes a businessman.

    Father of the Chapel

    4/5 After hard times, a celebrated composer Palestrina is thinking about entering priesthood.

    Saving Music

    3/5 Close to the Pope's ear, Palestrina helps define the new rules of music writing.

    What a Mass

    2/5 Palestrina composes a major piece that will mark a turning point in music history.

    Rome, Here I Come

    1/5 Donald Macleod investigates the life of a Renaissance genius, Giovanni da Palestrina.