One of the great figures in the history of the Catholic Church was Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, who composed the church music that is now heard daily throughout the civilized world.

The story of Palestrina is now written for the first time in a little book which follows the general pattern of Mr. Angoff's biography of Stradivari.  The story is beautifully told in a simple manner that will enchant both children and adult readers.

It is a story of medieval devotion, of strange rivalries, of court intrigues.  Out of all this emerges the figure of a man whose entire life was given to church music, who left the stamp of his strange genius impressed upon the hearts of millions of people for all time.

The book is illustrated with full-page and spot drawings by William Brady.

From the dust jacket