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2 unusual facts about Missa Papae Marcelli


Missa Papae Marcelli

The third and closing sessions of the Council of Trent were held in 1562-63, at which the use of polyphonic music in the Catholic Church was discussed.

It is in the middle movements that Palestrina applies the simpler style needed after the Council of Trent.



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Dublin Choral Foundation

Their repertoire includes Allegri’s Miserere, Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli, Stanford’s Three Motets Op 38, Duruflé’s Quatre Motets Op 10 and more recent compositions by John Tavener, Eric Sweeney and Colin Mawby.