At 4 p.m., St. Louis Church will echo with Palestrina's luminous "Pope Marcellus Mass," sung by the vocal group Harmonia and the choir of St. Joseph Cathedral. The music will be heard in the ...

Palestrina's 'Pope Marcellus' Mass was one of the first examples of a new, more structured and direct style, making the text clearly audible, despite the fact that up to six lines of music are ...

"Palestrina," Greenberg says, "is credited for rescuing church music by writing a special six-part polyphonic mass, six independent vocal parts, and titled it the Pope Marcellus Mass.

Among Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s best-known works are Tu es Petrus, Missa Papae Marcelli and Missa Brevis (“You are Peter,” “Mass of Pope Marcellus,” and “Brief Mass”).

The liturgical music tradition of polyphony with its blend of melodies and harmonies should lift people's spirits as it subtly transmits a message about diversity and unity, Pope Leo XIV said. In the ...

Sara Mohr-Pietsch charts a path to Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli, which reputedly saved polyphonic music from being banned by the Catholic Church in the 1560s.

Together with several special guests, they take on a landmark work: Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli, or Pope Marcellus Mass, a stalwart of many a music appreciation curriculum, and a splendid ...

Palestrina's 'Pope Marcellus' Mass was one of the first examples of a new, more structured and direct style, making the text clearly audible, despite the fact that up to six lines of music are ...

At an event sponsored by the Domenico Bartolucci Foundation, Pope Leo XIV said that polyphony is a musical form “full of meaning” for prayer and Christian life.