This period of music is so devine. Palestrina, Tallis , Gibons to name a few.

i heartily agree. i'm a convert, raised protestant (staunch calvinist, so thank God we at least regarded sacraments as holy and a means of grace). although i appreciate worship and praise music and choruses at certain times, i most certainly prefer a traditional Mass. i think the Tridentine Mass is absolutely beautiful and it really is a great way to connect with God. i wouldn't attend Tridentine weekly, but i LOVE attending them.

Just because modern music doesn't suit your tastes doesn't make it non-music. To each his/her own. That said I'm grateful they maintain this tradition in churches.

Excellent blending choir

Simply brilliant. THIS is what REAL music is.

I love this kind o music!(I'm this user son).

I agree. I first heard it colllege.

Thank you very much schmobot

Undeniably, God sang through this man!

Oh il coro di angeli scoperto - per noi da giovanni pierluigi - si celebra a dolcissimi fastigi - di bellezza anche in questo concerto.

Wow...that is so beautiful. Thank you very much. I sang a lot of Palestrina in High School. I wish we performed more stuff in this style when I went to The Boston Conservatory as an undergrad voice major. Never sang or even really heard any parts of his Mass's except for this. Beautiful, thanks again!

Palestrina was the Vocal Polyphony Master.

Siroti mi vaspitaci sta moramo da ucimo :(

In fact this very setting will be used next Sunday 25th at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in London.

Missa Papae Marcelli

the Qui Tollis in this Gloria is the best ever written. The best version was done by the Tallis Scholars in 1980.

You have good taste! :) I like Palestrina ,as well, however couple of centuries past by, and music has changed because the times, people and life has changed. So many beautiful music has been written since the Renaissance, and "restore this kind of music to all masses" would scare many folks away. I think about the music tradition as a mosaic, or painted glass window or a carpet, with different colors, shapes and mood, and try to enjoy the different kinds of music in their own right.

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evalewis1 I really like this song as well.

indeed:)

Yup they do, Summerly conducted it

I repeat is only music.The music try to obtain beutiful sounds using instruments and voices the language used does not is essential we are interested only to the results and Palestrina was a true master to obtain wonderful and magnificent sounds.

Can be heard often In Brompton Oratory. At the Holy Mass, for which it was composed.

Stunning :)

I think this piece is exceptional, the counterpoint belies the clear cut words being sung. I can hear every word being sung, which is truly a beauty. I was listening to Mozart's Coronation mass, yes, it was majestic, but the Credo was miffled. I could hardly discern the text by listening.

What you obviously fail to realise is that these are the same words put to different musical settings - the Gloria is said week in week out in the anglican and catholic churches so everyone understands what they mean. And for any visitors there is a translation in the service booklet. In addition latin settings are not confined to the roman catholic church - The Anglican church used them all the time and I have even been to a lutheran service where the setting was sung in latin!

so gratulations for this choir, good job :)

jssoedirgo- Palestrina uses note-against-note polyphony (m. 1-5, for example), non-imitative polyphony (mm. 92-98, for example), imitative polyphony, mm. 118-122, for example), and even a brief section in old-fashioned fauxbourdon, mm. 111-114; furthermore, Palestrina uses changes of timbre by contrasting grouping of the five parts: see mm. 62-69. You'll find many more examples. Pay attention to the text he sets in the various ways of combining melodic lines!

I would say this Gloria counts as one miracle... The second is perhaps his Victimæ Paschali.

You should hear the Tallis Scholar's version of this. It is spectactular.

Palestrina gets it right. Palestrina

If you like this piece, you should check out the Gimell 1980 recording of the mass by the Tallis Scholars. The Qui Tollis is breathtaking.

The best Gloria by Palestrina in my opinion is the Gloria in "Missa Aeterna Christi Munera". Try to hear it! :-)

And for your information, this was written in Italy in the 16th century when the Italian language was hardly any different from classical latin - so most people would have known precisely what was being sung.

there's this Naxos and Gimell recording of this. Love the Naxos more than the Gimell, but the Gimell has more than 2 masses and includes the motet from where some of the masses come from

Pray, may I know which glorious ensemble is this, here singing the divine music of a composer nicknamed the 'Prince of Music' and of whom the epithet "The ocean into which all streams have flowed" aptly described? sd goh (malaysia)

@millencolinman not in all churches.. here in sweden the churches has adopted most of the pop-music/gospel tradition of the american churches

The other way is to use that Reformation drive for education to achieve universal literacy, which in that time period always included Latin as a large part of what was taught. Moreover, this is the ordinary, not the propers, so everyone pretty much knows, or can guess, which words are when. I agree the spoken words around the sacraments should still be in the vernacular, but I think this is fine even for Protestant worship, as we may see also in the Mass in B Minor by Bach, who was a Lutheran.

Hi, I am a music student...I was wondering, after the monophonic opening by the celebrant, what is the texture afterwards? I encountered a textbook saying it is polyphonic, while another says it is homophonic. Any help would be appreciated! (:

Massimoofitalia: attend the Tridentine Form of the Mass, and it will stimulate it further! God bless.

i could use your brain for my music test i have tomorrow lol

yes i know. perhaps not. maybe someone should start a movement for the beatification of Paletstrina...

Well if you are Anglican, you will know very well that the mass settings are often in latin, and the psalms are always chanted - nothing wrong with this at all

Canonisation requires approbation of two miracles, beatification of one: perhaps his intercession has not yet been sought?

sometimes i wonder why this man wasn't canonized.

monophonic chant opening, then frequent texture changes with alternation of homorhythmic and polyphonic textures

although this was mostly homophonic

That's a matter of opinion - There is one God and we all worship in different ways. I find evangelical worship so tedious and unispiring but I respect the right of others to worship in that way if they wish. You have no right to judge others - not a y Christian-like thing to do!

Yes, but Palestrina was a priest.

What a ridiculous opinion. To ignore cultural gifts such as this because of its origins would be to ignore some of the greatest literary/artistic/musical accomplishments of mankind. Are you into book burning too by any chance?

Yall need to stop now this shit is just lol