[PAR] [TLE] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [SEP] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ( 1525 – 2 February 1594) was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition.  He had a lasting influence on the development of church music, and his work has often been seen as the culmination of Renaissance polyphony. [PAR] [TLE] Tomás Luis de Victoria [SEP] Tomás Luis de Victoria (sometimes Italianised as "da Vittoria"; c. 1548 – 27 August 1611) was the most famous composer in 16th-century Spain, and was one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso.  Victoria was not only a composer, but also an accomplished organist and singer as well as a Catholic priest.  However, he preferred the life of a composer to that of a performer.
[PAR] [TLE] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ SEP ] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ( 1525 – 2 February 1594 ) was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best - known 16th - century representative of the Roman School of musical composition . He had a lasting influence on the development of church music , and his work has often been seen as the culmination of Renaissance polyphony . [PAR] [TLE] Tomás Luis de Victoria [ SEP ] Tomás Luis de Victoria ( sometimes Italianised as " da Vittoria " ; c. 1548 – 27 August 1611 ) was the most famous composer in 16th - century Spain , and was one of the most important composers of the Counter - Reformation , along with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso . Victoria was not only a composer , but also an accomplished organist and singer as well as a Catholic priest . However , he preferred the life of a composer to that of a performer .
Which Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music had an important role in the Counter-Reformation?
Which Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music had an important role in the Counter - Reformation ?
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina