Missa Papae Marcelli

Missa Papae Marcelli
Mass by Palestrina
The composer
Occasion	in honour of Pope Marcellus II
Composed	1562 (1562)?
Scoring	SATB choir, up to seven parts

Missa Papae Marcelli, or Pope Marcellus Mass, is a mass sine nomine by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It is his best-known mass,^[1][2] and is regarded as an archetypal example of the complex polyphony championed by Palestrina. It was sung at the papal coronation Masses (the last being the coronation of Paul VI in 1963).^{[citation needed]}