New research has uncovered the earliest known practical piece of polyphonic music, an example of the principles that laid the foundations of European musical tradition. The earliest known practical ...

The Holy Father offered his praise to polyphonic music while welcoming participants at the June 18 event commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, a ...

A tenth-century manuscript has been found to contain the earliest known example of music written for more than one part. The music is a chant dedicated to Boniface, the patron saint of Germany and was ...

The earliest practical example of polyphonic music has been discovered on the bottom of a manuscript at the British Library A manuscript showing the "birth" of 1,000 years of musical tradition has ...