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What motet did Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina send in response to the tribute from fellow composers?
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The Italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
In response to the tribute from fellow composers, who wrote 16 settings of the Vesper Psalms in his honor, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina sent them a motet titled Vos amici mei estis ("You are my friends, if you do what I teach, said the Lord").1