page_title: Missa Brevis (Palestrina)
section_title: Credo
hierarchical_section_title: Missa Brevis (Palestrina) / Style / Credo
caption_attribution_description: English: The Credo Motif from Palestrina's Missa Brevis
context_page_description: Missa Brevis is a mass written by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina first published in 1570 in Palestrina's Third Book of Masses and has been Reprinted several times since. The Title can be misleading as Missa Brevis is commonly a short mass. Palestrina likely chose the word Brevis as this was the most adequate word to portray the piece. Missa Brevis is considered to be one of the most performed of Palestrina's repertoire of polyphony.
context_section_description: 4 voices
  The Credo features balanced alternations between duo, trio, and full four-voiced textures, with a striking chordal homophony at the heart: Et incarnatus est. Yet again a bass sequence marks the end. The opening motive is sung as a duet between alto and soprano voices before the tenor and alto sing a variation of the original motive.
caption: The Motif of the "Credo" movement
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