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Which pope asked Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina to help restore plainchant?
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The Italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
Pope Gregory XIII commissioned Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, along with Annibale Zoilo, to restore the plainchant (or plainsong) then in use to a more authentic form.1