A pop song as the basis for a musical setting of the Catholic Mass sounds like a peculiarly modern thing to do, but the practice can be traced back to the 15th century. One of the oldest examples ...

This week, All Songs Considered goes big with massive, heart-thumping new music from the gloriously exuberant, sprawling pop group , and the brilliantly experimental folk-rock band . We also check ...

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The Holy Father offered his praise to polyphonic music while welcoming participants at the June 18 event commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, a ...

Traditional Albanian polyphonic music can be divided into two major stylistic groups as performed by the Ghegs of northern Albania and the Tosks and Labs living in the southern part of the country.

The Polyphonic Spree is releasing Salvage Enterprise, their first record of entirely original songs in almost a decade, on Nov. 17.The album is one of the Dallas-based choral rock band’s most ...

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Previously, the earliest known example of polyphonic music – music written for more than one part – was in The Winchester Troper, which dates from the year 1000. Varelli, who was working as an intern ...

Pope Leo XIV held up the “Mass of Pope Marcellus” as an example of excellence “as well as the precious repertoire of compositions bequeathed to us by the unforgettable Cardinal Domenico ...