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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Music recorded on location for the programme includes lively polyphonic drinking songs and the beautiful choral music of the Georgian Church. Lucy interviews Rob Parsons, ...

The Polyphonic Spree, ... Great new music videos, picked by All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton. The Polyphonic Spree, 'Hold Yourself Up' July 15, 2014 8:03 AM ET.

The Polyphonic Spree’s debut album The Beginning Stages Of… turned 20 this past spring. We didn’t do an article about it because you can’t cover everything , even on the nostalgia beat.

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 ...

The Polyphonic Spree have a few live shows coming up in Texas, and their performances are always a real spectacle. Below, check out “Galloping Seas (Section 44),” the Salvage Enterprise ...

When lead singer Tim DeLaughter croons about “Anticipation, all this frustration” on the Polyphonic Spree’s newest track, “Hold Yourself Up,” he probably isn’t referring to the process ...

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 ...