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Original

Pleni sunt coeli. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. A cappella. Sacred , Canon. Language. Latin. SAA.

Translation

Pleni sunt coeli. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. A cappella. Sacred , Canon. Language. Latin. SAA.

Original

A leader of the Renaissance, Palestrina had a profound influence on the Roman Catholic School. This esteemed Italian composer here sets a canonical Pleni sunt coeli, a section of the Sanctus, which is sung in mass during the consecration, praising the presence of God as the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

Translation

A leader of the Renaissance, Palestrina had a profound influence on the Roman Catholic School. This esteemed Italian composer here sets a canonical Pleni sunt coeli, a section of the Sanctus, which is sung in mass during the consecration, praising the presence of God as the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus Christ.