The Mass is the most important worship service set to music in the Catholic Church since the Middle Ages. Composers like Josquin des Prez and Palestrina created complex Mass compositions with polyphony. In the Renaissance, masses and motets were dominant forms of sacred choral music.
The most important worship service of the Catholic church set to music since the Middle Ages is the Mass. The Mass includes liturgical texts set to music by composers, typically featuring five chants: the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.
Composers in the 1500s like Josquin des Prez and Palestrina created intricate Mass compositions with polyphony and imitative counterpoint, leading to criticism from figures like Martin Luther.
In the Renaissance period, church choirs expanded, and the forms of masses and motets became prevalent in sacred choral music.
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