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What work did Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina do for Cardinal Ippolito d'Este at the Villa d'Este?
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The Italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
At the invitation of Cardinal Ippolito dāEste, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina took charge of the music at the Villa dāEste in Tivoli. He remained in the cardinal's service for four years, during which time he also served as the music master for the newly established Seminarium Romanum (Roman Seminary).1