Palestrina’s Pope Macellus Mass

The Renaissance Italian composer Pieluigi da Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass is the most important work in the Renaissance music history.It was famous for the music revolution in The Council Of Trent.Palestrina,who is a representative figure of the Roman Renaissance in the late Renaissance period,has long occupied a paradigm position in the history of polyphony music,and the influence continues to today.However,in this work,the innovation and transformation of music creation in this work in response to reforms has never been touched in previous studies.This thesis uses a variety of research and analysis methods to interpret this work in terms of its historical background,style,and structure in order to explain its historical position and its aesthetic value.