Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: References & Edit History
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Henry Coates, Palestrina (1938, reprinted 1979), is the standard English-language study of the life and works of Palestrina and contains a complete list of works. Jerome Roche, Palestrina (1971), is a brief, up-to-date biography useful for new details about Palestrina’s life. Zoë Kendrick Pyne, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1922, reprinted 1970), in English; and Ethel King, Palestrina, the Prince of Music (1965), are also useful. Knud Jeppesen, The Style of Palestrina and the Dissonance, 2nd ed. (1946, reissued 1970), is a specialized but thoroughgoing study of the technical aspects of the composer’s contrapuntal style.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 29, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 01, 2024 | ||
| Replaced media. | Jun 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Francisco Classical Voice - Biography of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. | Jun 19, 2021 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Apr 11, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Voices of Ascension - Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Motets and Offertories. | Mar 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Voices of Ascension - Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Motets and Offertories. | Mar 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classical Archives - Biography of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. | Feb 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bach Cantatas Website - Biography of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. | Jul 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. | Jul 10, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: Bach Cantatas - Biography of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. | Feb 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Naxos Records - Biography of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. | Feb 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Classical Music Pages - Biography of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. | Feb 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. | Dec 14, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | May 31, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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