A lecture-recital featuring Emerita Prof. Jane Bernstein (Tufts), Prof. Daniele Filippi (Turin, Italy), and specialist Dutch ensemble Cappella Pratensis.

In the 500th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, one of the most renowned of the composers of sacred music in the High Renaissance, the Burns Library celebrates its acquisition of a rare copy of Palestrina's Masses printed in Rome in 1570 and a book of motets printed in 1575. Experts on Palestrina and music printing in Rome will introduce the rare Palestrina volumes and singers from the visiting Dutch ensemble Cappella Pratensis will perform a selection of works reading from the original sixteenth-century notation. A reception at 6:00 pm offers the opportunity to meet Profs Bernstein, Filippi, and the singers of the visiting ensemble.

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