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Why did Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina decline a music position at the court of Emperor Maximilian II?
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The Italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
In 1568, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina declined an offer to serve as musical director at the court of Emperor Maximilian II in Vienna for two primary reasons: the salary offered was too low, and he had a strong personal disinclination to leave Rome.1