He wrote Improperia while choirmaster at St. John Lateran, while a legend about this man was perpetuated by a Pfitzner opera.
A portrait in the Vatican shows him holding a copy of his work Accepit Jesus calicem, and the source of his Missa Benedicta Es was only recently identified. He used excessive salary demands to avoid taking musical posts in Vienna and Mantua, and Johann Fux codified the contrapuntal rules used in a certain type of his work, which included two composed on the tune "L'homme Arm?" He wrote Improperia while choirmaster at St. John Lateran, while a legend about this man was perpetuated by a Pfitzner opera. For 10 points, name this composer whose Pope Marcellus Mass supposedly convinced the Council of Trent not to ban polyphonic music.
A portrait in the Vatican shows him holding a copy of his work Accepit Jesus calicem, and the source of his Missa Benedicta Es was only recently identified.
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina