Note 92 — CHAP. V.
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"The greatest glory" says Baini "was deservedly obtained by Pierluigi on account of the improperii, and the hymn Crux fidelis which he set to music for 8 voices divided into two choirs, and which were sung for the first time by the choir of the Lateran basilica on good Friday in the year 1560: by them fece sbalordire arte e natura. Pius IV demanded them for the use of the apostolic chapel, and, after he had heard them, declared that Palestrina had surpassed his expectations. These improperii are still sung and will ever be sung in the apostolic chapel" Baini, Mem. storic. di Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1. p. 64.