Giovanni pierluigi da palestrina autobiography
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Renaissance, Polyphony, Motets: Palestrina’s musical output, though vast, maintained a remarkably high standard in both sacred and secular works. His masses embrace many different styles, and the number of voices used ranges from four to eight. The time-honoured technique of using a cantus firmus (preexistent melody used in one voice part) as the tenor.