This is a list of compositions by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, sorted by genre. The volume (given in parentheses for motets) refers to the volume of the Breitkopf & Härtel complete edition in which the work can be found. Six of the volumes of masses and some of his motets and other works were published in these editions during Palestrina's lifetime. Others were collected later, from papal choirbooks and other sources. The dates of most pieces are unknown, unless they were known to have been composed in connection with some celebration. Of those works published during Palestrina's lifetime, many were composed considerably earlier than their date of publication, and of the others a large number remained unpublished until the 19th century.
The 32 volumes of Palestrina's collected works were published by Breitkopf & Härtel between 1862 and 1907. The volumes of the masses maintain the order of works in the previously published volumes (with the Collected Works Vol. 10 corresponding to the first book of Masses, and so on.) Some of the pieces in the last three volumes, 30–32, are considered spurious or doubtful.
| Title | Voices | Opera Omnia Volume | First published | Composition type | Model | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missa Ad coenam agni | 5 | 10 | 1554 | Paraphrase | Easter hymn | |
| Missa ad fugam | 4 | 11 | 1567 | Canon | ||
| Missa Aeterna Christi munera | 4 | 14 | 1590 | Paraphrase | ||
| Missa Alma redemptoris | 6 | 20 | 1600 | Paraphrase | Marian antiphon for Advent & Christmastide | |
| Missa Ascendo ad patrem | 5 | 21 | 1601 | Parody | Palestrina's motet | |
| Missa Aspice Domine | 5 | 11 | 1567 | Parody | Motet by Jacquet de Mantua | |
| Missa Assumpta est Maria | 6 | 23 | Parody | Palestrina's motet | ||
| Missa Ave Maria | 4 | 16 | 1594 | Paraphrase | Marian antiphon | |
| Missa Ave Maria | 6 | 15 | 1594 | Tenor | Marian antiphon | |
| Missa Ave regina coelorum | 4 | 18 | 1599 | Paraphrase | Ave Regina caelorum, Marian antiphon | |
| Missa Beatus Laurentius | 5 | 23 | Parody | |||
| Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina (Missa sine titulo a6) | 6 | 24 | Parody | Motet by Josquin des Prez | ||
| 4 | 12 | 1570 | Freely composed | |||
| Missa Confitebor tibi Domine | 8 | 22 | 1585 | Parody | Palestrina's motet | |
| Missa de beata Marie Virginis (I) | 5 | Paraphrase | Mantuan | |||
| Missa de beata Marie Virginis (II) | 5 | Paraphrase | Mantuan | |||
| Missa de beata Marie Virginis (III) | 5 | Paraphrase | Mantuan | |||
| Missa de beata Virgine | 4 | 11 | 1567 | Paraphrase | Mass IX, Credo I, Mass XVII | |
| Missa de beata Virgine (vel dominicalis) | 6 | 12 | 1570 | Paraphrase | Mass IX, Credo I, Mass XVII | |
| Missa de feria | 4 | 12 | 1570 | Paraphrase | ||
| Missa Descendit angelus Domini | 4 | 20 | 1600 | Parody | ||
| Missa Dies sanctificatus | 4 | 15 | 1594 | Parody | ||
| Missa Dilexi quoniam | 5 | 15 | 1594 | Parody | Motet by Maffoni | |
| Missa Dominicalis | 5 | 33 | 1592 | Paraphrase | Mass XI | |
| Missa Dum complerentur | 6 | 17 | 1599 | Parody | Palestrina's motet | |
| Missa Dum esset summus pontifex | 4 | 17 | 1599 | Paraphrase | Antiphon to Magnifcat for 2nd Vesper | |
| Missa Ecce ego Joannes | 6 | 24 | Parody | Unidentified | ||
| 4 | 10 | 1554 | Tenor | Antiphon in Missa de Confessore Pontifice | ||
| Missa Emendemus in melius | 4 | 16 | 1594 | Parody | Unidentified | |
| Missa Eripe me de inimicis (Missa prima a5) | 5 | 13 | 1582 | Parody | Motet by Maillard | |
| Missa Festum nunc celebre (Missa octavi toni) | 6 | 20 | 1600 | Cantus firmus | Latin hymn | |
| Missa Fratres ego enim accepi | 8 | 22 | 1601 | Parody | ||
| Missa Gabriel archangelus | 4 | 10 | 1554 | Parody | ||
| Missa Già fu chi m'ebbe cara | 4 | 19 | 1600 | Parody | Palestrina's madrigal | |
| Missa Hodie Christus natus est | 8 | 22 | 1601 | Parody | Palestrina's motet | |
| Missa Illumina oculos meos | 6 | 19 | 1600 | Parody | Motet by Andreas de Silva | |
| Missa in duplicibus minoribus (I) | 5 | Paraphrase | Mantuan | |||
| Missa in duplicibus minoribus (II) | 5 | Paraphrase | Mantuan | |||
| Missa in festis Apostolorum (I) | 5 | Paraphrase | Mantuan | |||
| Missa in festis Apostolorum (II) | 5 | Paraphrase | Mantuan | |||
| Missa In illo tempore | 4 | 19 | 1600 | Parody | Motet by Pierre Moulu | |
| Missa in majoribus duplicibus | 4 | 23 | Paraphrase | Mass II, Gloria I ad lib, Mass IX | ||
| Missa in minoribus duplicibus | 4 | 23 | Paraphrase | Mass IV, Credo IV | ||
| Missa in semiduplicibus majoribus (I) | 5 | Paraphrase | Mantuan | |||
| Missa in semiduplicibus majoribus (II) | 5 | Paraphrase | Mantuan | |||
| Missa In te Domine speravi | 4 | 15 | 1594 | Parody | Unidentified, possibly on motet by Lhéritier/Verdelot | |
| Missa In te Domine speravi | 6 | 18 | 1599 | Parody | Motet by Lupus Hellinck | |
| Missa Inviolata | 4 | 11 | 1567 | Paraphrase | ||
| Missa Io mi son giovinetta (Missa primi toni) | 4 | 12 | 1570 | Parody | Madrigal by Domenico Ferrabosco | |
| Missa Io mi son giovinetta (Sine titulo, S. Maria Maggiore 29) | 6 | 32 | ||||
| Missa Iste confessor | 4 | 14 | 1590 | Paraphrase | Latin hymn | |
| Missa Jam Christus astra ascenderat | 4 | 14 | 1590 | Paraphrase | Ascentiontide hymn | |
| Missa Je suis deshéritée (Missa sine nomine a4) | 4 | 15 | 1594 | Parody | Chanson by ?Lupi/Cadéac | |
| Missa Jesu nostra redemptio (Missa tertia a4) | 4 | 13 | 1582 | Paraphrase | Hymn for Pentecost | |
| Missa L'homme armé (Missa quarta) | 4 | 13 | 1582 | Paraphrase | L'homme armé, secular song | |
| 5 | 12 | 1570 | Cantus firmus | L'homme armé (secular song) | ||
| Missa Lauda Sion (Missa prima a4) | 4 | 13 | 1582 | Parody | Palestrina's motet | |
| Missa Laudate Dominum omnes gentes | 8 | 22 | 1601 | Parody | ||
| Missa Memor esto | 5 | 17 | 1599 | Parody | Palestrina's motet | |
| Missa Nasce la gioia mia | 6 | 14 | 1590 | Parody | Madrigal by Gio. Leonardo Primavera dell' Arpa | |
| Missa Nigra sum | 5 | 14 | 1590 | Parody | Jean l'Héritier's motet Nigra Sum | |
| Missa O admirabile commercium | 5 | 17 | 1599 | Parody | ||
| Missa O magnum mysterium (Missa tertia a5) | 5 | 13 | 1582 | Parody | Palestrina's motet O magnum mysterium | |
| Missa O regem coeli | 4 | 10 | 1554 | Parody | ||
| Missa O rex gloriae | 4 | 21 | 1601 | Parody | ||
| Missa O sacrum convivium | 5 | 23 | Parody | Motet by Morales | ||
| Missa O virgo simul et mater | 5 | 19 | 1600 | Parody | Palestrina's motet | |
| Missa Panem nostrum | 5 | 24 | Cantus firmus | Pater noster chant | ||
| Missa Panis quem ego dabo | 4 | 14 | 1590 | Parody | Motet by Lupus Hellinck | |
| 6 | 11 | 1567 | Freely composed | |||
| Missa Pater noster | 4 | 24 | Parody | |||
| Missa Petra sancta | 5 | 19 | 1600 | Parody | Palestrina's madrigal Io son ferito | |
| Missa Primi toni | 4 | 13 | 1582 | Freely composed | ||
| Missa pro defunctis | 5 | 10 | 1590 | Paraphrase | ||
| Missa Qual è il più grand' amor? | 5 | 21 | 1601 | Parody | ||
| Missa Quam pulchra es | 4 | 15 | 1594 | Parody | Motet by Lupi | |
| Missa Quando lieta sperai | 5 | 20 | 1600 | Parody | ||
| Missa Quem dicunt homines | 4 | 17 | 1599 | Parody | Motet by Jean Richafort | |
| Missa quinti toni | 6 | 19 | 1600 | Freely composed | ||
| Missa Regina coeli | 5 | 20 | 1600 | Paraphrase | Marian antiphon for Eastertide | |
| Missa Regina coeli | 4 | 21 | 1601 | Paraphrase | Marian antiphon for Eastertide | |
| Missa Repleatur os meum | 5 | 12 | 1570 | Motet by Jacquet de Mantua | ||
| Missa Sacerdos et Pontifex | 5 | 16 | 1594 | Paraphrase | Magnificat antiphon from Comm. Conf. Pont. | |
| Missa Sacerdotes Domini | 6 | 17 | 1599 | Canon | ||
| Missa Salve Regina | 5 | 24 | Paraphrase | Marian antiphon | ||
| Missa Salvum me fac | 5 | 11 | 1567 | Parody | Motet by Jacquet de Mantua | |
| Missa Sanctorum meritis | 4 | 16 | 1594 | Paraphrase | Hymn | |
| Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas | 5 | 14 | 1590 | Parody | ||
| Missa sine nomine | 4 | 11 | 1567 | |||
| Missa sine nomine (a voci mutate) | 4 | Mantuan | ||||
| Missa sine nomine | 5 | 18 | 1599 | Canon | ||
| Missa sine nomine | 6 | 10 | 1590 | Parody | ?Anon motet Cantabo Domine | |
| Missa Spem in alium | 4 | 12 | 1570 | Parody | Motet by Jacquet de Mantua | |
| Missa Te Deum laudamus | 6 | 18 | 1599 | Paraphrase | ||
| Missa Tu es pastor ovium | 5 | 16 | 1594 | Parody | Palestrina's motet | |
| Missa Tu es Petrus (I) | 6 | 21 | 1601 | Paraphrase | Antiphon for SS Peter & Paul | |
| Missa Tu es Petrus (II) | 6 | 24 | Parody | |||
| Missa Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La | 6 | 12 | 1570 | Cantus firmus | ||
| Missa Veni creator Spiritus | 6 | 23 | Cantus firmus | Veni Creator Spiritus, Pentecostal hymn | ||
| Missa Veni Sancte Spiritus (Missa secunda) | 5 | 13 | 1582 | Parody | Palestrina's 4vv sequence in I-Rc MS 2760, which is itself a chant paraphrase | |
| Missa Veni sponsa Christi | 4 | 18 | 1599 | Parody | ||
| Missa Vestiva i colli | 5 | 18 | 1599 | Parody | Palestrina's madrigal | |
| Missa Viri Galilaei | 6 | 21 | 1601 | Parody | ||
| Missa Virtute magna | 4 | 10 | 1554 | Parody | Motet by Andrea de Siva |
The numbers in brackets represent the volume that the work is part of.
Those marked with an asterisk form a cycle of 29 settings from the Canticum Canticorum.
(All in Volume 8)
(All in Volume 9)
All in Volume 25. There are 4 settings: (1) for 4 and 5 voices, (2) for 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 voices, (3) for 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices, and (4) for 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices.
(All in Volume 26)
(All in Volume 26)
(All in Volume 27)
(All in Volume 30)
(All in Volume 29)
(All in Volume 28)
(All in Volume 30)
There are also works ascribed to Palestrina in the archives of the Julian Chapel, from the archives of the Pontifical Chapel, from the Vatican Library, from the archives of St. John Lateran, from the archives of Santa Maria Maggiore, from the library of the Roman College, and various other collections, included in Volumes 30, 31 and 32. Many of these, however, are considered doubtful or spurious.