Palestrina - principles of music (2009)

Original title

Palestrina - Princeps musicae

Directed by

Georg Brintrup

Genre

musical film

Country

Germany, Italy

Runtime

52 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A biographical film about the Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It shows his life creating sacred music in 16th century Rome.

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What happens

Palestrina - Prince of Music is an Italian/German 2009 music film directed by Georg Brintrup. The subject is the life and music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (ca.1525-1594), a famous Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music. He is the best-known 16th-century composer of the Roman School. Filmed in March 2009 on locations mainly in and around L'Aquila and Rome, most of the ancient buildings and historical interiors in the city of L'Aquila were destroyed by the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, only a few days after the end of shooting. Palestrina’s music in the film is directed by Flavio Colusso and the Roman Ensemble Seicentonovecento. The film was also titled The Liberation of Music or Die Befreiung der Musik when released in Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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