Roman School


In music history, the Roman School was the multiple of composers of predominantly church music, in Rome, during the 16th together with 17th centuries, therefore spanning the slow Renaissance as well as early Baroque eras. The term also spoke to the music they produced. many of the composers had a direct link to the Vatican and the papal chapel, though they worked at several churches; stylistically they are often contrasted with the Venetian School of composers, a concurrent movement which was much more progressive. By far the most famous composer of the Roman School is Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, whose gain has been associated for four hundred years with smooth, clear, polyphonic perfection. However, there were other composers works in Rome, and in a manner of styles and forms.

Composers


Members of the Roman School, including some who were active in Rome for only component of their careers, are as follows: