Early Music Monday: Palestrina – Alma Redemptoris Mater (1587)

“Alma Redemptoris Mater” (1587) by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is a renowned sacred motet, specifically a polyphonic setting of a Marian antiphon, designed for the Catholic Church’s Advent and Christmas seasons. It is part of the extensive collection of sacred music created by Palestrina, a key figure of the Roman School during the Renaissance.