Missa Papae Marcelli
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Missa Papae Marcelli, or Pope Marcellus Mass, is a mass sine nomine by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It is his best-known mass,[1][2] and is regarded as an archetypal example of the complex polyphony championed by Palestrina. It was sung at the papal coronation Masses (the last being the coronation of Paul VI in 1963).[citation needed]
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Missa Papae Marcelli | |
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Mass by Palestrina | |
Occasion | in honour of Pope Marcellus II |
Composed | 1562 (1562)? |
Scoring | SATB choir, up to seven parts |
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