Op. 340 PALESTRINA (August 10, 2020)
Counter-Reformation Opera in Nine Chronologies
I. 1534-1549 Rule of Paul III (1468-1549)
II. 1545-1563 Council of Trent begins
III. 1549-1555 Rule of Julius III (1487-1555)
IV. 1555 Rule of Marcellus II (1501-1555)
V. 1555-1559 Rule of Paul IV (1476-1559)
VI. 1559-1565 Rule of Pius IV (1499-1565)
VII. 1562 Pope Marcellus Mass
VIII. 1563 Council of Trent ends
IX. 1581 Ballet Comique de la Reine - Louvre Palace, Paris,
Sponsored by Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589),
wife of Henry II of France (1519-1559),
inspired by Homer's Odyssey: Circe, with music of
Girard de Beaulieu (1551-1588)
Score:
