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Why was palestrina given the nickname "prince of music". ​

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Composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is often credited with “saving” Italian Renaissance liturgical music. These efforts included musical reforms as well, with the Council of Trent speaking out against liturgical music practices they saw as sacrilegious.

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