Which Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music had an important role in the Counter-Reformation?
Tomás Luis de Victoria Tomás Luis de Victoria (sometimes Italianised as "da Vittoria"; c. 1548 – 27 August 1611) was the most famous composer in 16th-century Spain, and was one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso. Victoria was not only a composer, but also an accomplished organist and singer as well as a Catholic priest. However, he preferred the life of a composer to that of a performer.
Gasparo Pratoneri Gasparo Pratoneri, nicknamed "Spirito da Reggio" (fl. 1556–59) was an Italian priest, and composer of the Renaissance based at San Prospero in Reggio Emilia. He was musical tutor to the nobleman composer Alfonso Fontanelli.