NRR Project: Pope Marcellus Mass
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
Performed by the Roger Wagner Chorale
Recorded 1951
32:35
I could not do better than Donna M. Di Grazia and Jessie Ann Owens’ explanatory essay at the National Recording Registry. Read it!
FYI: For extra credit, listen to Hans Pfitzner' 1917 opera Palestrina, an excellent effort that outlines the composer's struggle to find acceptance for his music.
The National Recording Registry Project tracks one writer’s expedition through all the recordings in the National Recording Registry in chronological order. Next time: Douglas MacArthur’s Farewell Address.
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