Show PALESTRINA Most of the beautiful reverent tones we hear occasionally on the air com- com comIng comIng Ing ng from church organs are founded on the revolutionary work of Giovanni Sante da Palestrina the tho poor Italian church singer who became b came perhaps the first great creat musical cons com composer poser In history Palestrina was born in in 1814 1514 and died in 1594 Despite his poverty he ho clung to music rising from to organist and composer His revolutionary step was made when he threw out the passionate secular music that filled the church up to this time and substituted his own more stately and solemn sol mn com corn compositions compositions positions which are arc the foundation of church music today |