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Salzburg Chorbuch W.B. Xiv Magnificat Traditions In Post-Tridentine Salzburg, C. Michael Porter

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The cultural and political climate of post-Tridentine Salzburg was transformed in 1587 with the election of prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Reitenau (1559–1617). This Italianate leader, due to his charisma and strong theological education at Rome's Collegium Germanicum, ushered in a new era of Catholic reform. In addition to reforming the regional Salzburg rite into the approved Roman rite, Wolf Dietrich desired to recreate the artistic environments of his Italian alma mater through the patronage of several musical collections.

Despite these dedications by composers whose works are representative of late sixteenth-century Italian styles, a closer examination of the surviving works …