Facts : 1 His composition in four-parts, Preces, marks the official turning point of the Counter Reformation s a cappella idealbr Facts : 2 Kerle was the only ranking composer of the Netherlands to have acted in conformity with the Councilbr Facts : 3 He expressed sympathy for the Council s concerns but still showed favor for the Parady chanson Massesbr Facts : 4 Despite the dearth of edicts from the Council regarding polyphony and textual clarity, the reforms that followed from the 22nd session filled in the gaps left by the Council in stylistic areasbr Facts : 5 In the 24th session the Council gave authority to Provincial Synods to discern provisions for church musicbr Facts : 6 The decision to leave practical application and stylistic matters to local ecclesiastical leaders was important in shaping the future of Catholic church musicbr Facts : 7 It was left then up to the local church leaders and church musicians to find proper application for the Council s decreesbr Facts : 8 Though originally theological and directed towards the attitudes of the musicians, the Council s decrees came to be thought of by church musicians as a pronouncement on proper musical stylesbr Facts : 9 This understanding was most likely spread through musicians who sought to implement the Council s declarations but did not read the official Tridentine pronouncementsbr Facts : 10 Church musicians were probably influenced by order from their ecclesiastical patronsbr Facts : 11 Composers who reference the Council s reforms in prefaces to their compositions do not adequately claim a musical basis from the Council but a spiritual and religious basis of their artbr Facts : 12 The Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, Charles Borromeo, was a very important figure in reforming church music after the Council of Trentbr Facts : 13 Though Borromeo was an aide to the pope in Rome and was unable to be in Milan, he eagerly pushed for the decrees of the Council to be quickly put into practice in Milanbr Facts : 14 Borromeo kept in contact with his church in Milian through letters and eagerly encouraged the leaders there to implement the reforms coming from the Council of Trentbr Facts : 15 Borromeo also suggested that if Don Nicola, a composer of a more chromatic style, was in Milan he too could compose a mass and the two be compared for textural claritybr Facts : 16 Borromeo was likely involved or heard of the questions regarding textual clarity because of his request to Ruffobr Facts : 17 Ruffo took Borromeo s commission seriously and