Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is considered by many the greatest composer of liturgical music of all time.
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Composition Highlights

Title Year Avg. Duration Genre
Missa Papae Marcelli, for 6 voices 1567 20:22 Choral
Missa Brevis, for 4 voices 1570 14:23 Choral
Alma redemptoris mater, motet (unspecified of 4) 1584 03:04 Choral
Exsultate Deo, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book V) 1584 02:23 Choral
Hodie Christus natus est, motet for 8 voices (from Motets Book III) 1575 02:33 Choral
Stabat mater, motet for 8 voices 10:15 Choral
Fourth Book of Motets from Canticis cantoricum, for 5 voices 1584 01:24:13 Choral
Super flumina Babylonis, motet for 4 voices (from Motets Book II for 4 voices) 1584 04:00 Choral
Sicut cervus, motet for 4 voices (from Motets Book II for 4 voices) 1584 03:41 Choral
Jubilate Deo omnis terra, motet for 8 voices (from Motets Book II for 5, 6, & 8 voices) 1572 03:34 Choral
Pulchra es amica mea, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum) 1584 03:30 Choral
Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum) 1584 03:06 Choral
Veni, veni dilecte mi, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum) 1584 02:40 Choral
Quam pulchra es, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum) 1584 02:59 Choral
Vulnerasti cor meum, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum) 1584 03:06 Choral
Hodie Christus natus est, for 4 voices 02:21 Choral
Nigra sum, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum) 1584 03:29 Choral
Missa De Beata Virgine II, for 6 voices 1570 34:47 Choral
Ave Maria, motet (unspecified of 5) 04:05 Choral
Canite tuba, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book II for 5, 6, & 8 voices) 1572 04:56 Choral
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