Giovanni Pierluigi da (dʒoˈvanni pierˈluiːdʒi da). ?1525–94, Italian composer and master of counterpoint. His works, nearly all for unaccompanied choir and religious in nature, include the Missa Papae Marcelli (1555)
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Gioˈvanni Pierluˈigi da (dʒɔˈvɑnni pjɛʀluˈidʒi dɑ) 1525?-94; It. composer