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Who commissioned Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina to compose music for the chapel of Santa Barbara in Mantua?
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The Italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was commissioned to write special compositions for the ducal chapel of Santa Barbara in Mantua by the duke of Mantua, Guglielmo Gonzaga. Although Palestrina declined a formal position at the Mantuan court in 1583 due to his high salary requirements, he and the dukeāan amateur musicianāmaintained a friendship that led to this commission.1