A piece by this composer emphasizes the word “dominum” through homorhythmic repetition before a triple-time Alleluja section. Since 2012, The Sixteen have released nine albums dedicated to this composer’s music. The head-motif of an ascending fourth followed by a stepwise descent down appears in a piece by this composer that adds a seventh voice in its second Agnus Dei movement. In a description of this composer’s style, leaps are countered by stepwise movement in the other direction and dissonances fall on weak beats, as taught in Joseph Fux’s (“FOOKS’s”) Gradus ad Parnassum. This composer’s most famous missa sine nomine apocryphally “saved polyphony” at the Council of Trent. For 10 points, name this Italian Renaissance composer of the Pope Marcellus Mass. ■END■
ANSWER: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (The first line refers to his O Magnum Mysterium.)
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