Palestrina: Prelude to Act III

Composer: PFITZNER, Hans

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  • This movement: sets the mood for the opera’s final act, in which Palestrina will find out whether or not the Pope will approve of his Pope Marcellus Mass and allow polyphony to be saved by the Council of Trent.1

Sources

  1.  Peter Franklin, “Palestrina,” Grove Music Online (2002), accessed December 11, 2019,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-5000903816

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