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Also Known As alla cappella

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Italian composer
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz
German composer
Josquin des Prez
Josquin des Prez
French-Flemish composer

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