
My Dear Palestrina
1980, English. Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence.
'One of your Popes had a great thing to say once. He had been listening to some music by Palestrina with Palestrina himself. He said to him, " The law, my dear Palestrina, ought to employ your music to lead hardened criminals to repentance".'
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- Released
- 5 December 1980
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Bernard MacLaverty
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My Dear Palestrina (1980) was directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and stars Eleanor Bron, Mandy McIlwaine, Edward Byrne.