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Orlande de Lassus
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Franco-Flemish composer (1532–1594)
Orlando di Lasso (also known as Orlande de Lassus) was a Franco-Flemish composer who lived from 1532 to 1594 and became one of the most prolific and respected musicians of the Renaissance. He matters historically because he composed across multiple musical forms and genres, helping to shape the sound of Renaissance music and leaving behind a vast body of work that influenced composers for centuries to come.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1532
- Died
- 1594
- Works
- 53
Top works
- Selectissimae cantiones quas vulgo motetas vocant, partim omnino novae, partim nusquam in Germania excusae, sex & pluribus vocibus compositae
- Altera pars Selectissimarum contionum, quas vulgo motetas vocant, quinque et quatuor vocibus compositarum
- Examples of Gregorian chant and works by Orlandus Lassus and Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina
- Examples of Gregorian chant and works
- Requiem for 5 voices
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Film & TV
Sound
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Flanders
- Active from
- 1532
- Active to
- 1594-06-14
Discography
- Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah / De Profundis Clamari Ad Te - Ave Maria1950
- Dix grands motets a cappella1962
- Magnificat • Motetten • Sonata1974
- Requiem for Four Voices1983
- Renaissance-Polyfonie uit de Nederlanden1986
- Bußpsalmen1987
- Music of Orlando di Lasso and Giaches de Wert1987
- How Excellent Is Thy Name: Sacred Music of Lassus1988
- To All Things a Season: Chansons, Madrigals and Lieder by Lassus1988
- Hieremiae prophetae lamentationes1989
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- 49,526
- Total plays
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Orlande de Lassus (also Orlandus Lassus, Orlando di Lasso or Roland de Lassus (1532 (possibly 1530) – 14 June 1594) was one of the most important, famous and influential composers of late Renaissance music at the end of the 16th century representing the Franco-Flemish School of vocal polyphony. Along with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina of the Roman School he is today considered to be the chief representative of the mature polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish School <a href="https://www.last
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Orlande de Lassus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
DI ORLANDO DI LASSVS IL PRIMO LIBRO DI MADRIGALI A cinque uoci, Nouamente dato in luce. LIBRO PRIMO
CANTIONES ALIQVOT QVINQVE VOCVM, TVM VIVA VOCE, TVM OMNIS GENERIS INSTRVMENTIS CANTATV COMMODISSIMAE : Iam primùm in lucem summa cura atque diligentia editae
PSALMI DAVIDIS POENITENTIALES, MODIS MVSICIS REDDITI, ATQVE ANTEHAC NVNQVAM IN LVCEM AEDITI. HIS ACCESSIT PSALMVS: Laudate Dominum de Coelis. QVINQVE VOCVM
ORLANDI LASSI, Serenißimi Bauariae Ducu GVILIELMI, &c. Musicorum Praefecti. SACRAE CANTIONES: ANTEHAC NVNQVAM NEC VISAE, NEC TYPIS VSPIAM EXCVSAE. QVATVOR VOCVM : Recens singulari industria compositae, & in lucem sine menda editae
MOTTETTA, SEX VOCVM, TYPIS NONDVM VSPIAM EXCVSA: SINGVLARI AVTHORIS INDVSTRIA IAMPRIDEM COMPOSITA, ET PRAELO SVBMISSA : Quibus tam voces humanae, quàm cuiusuis generis Instrumenta Musica concentu non iniucundo applicari possunt
Missa VIII toni "Puisque j'ai perdu" : Kyrie; Gloria / Orlandus Lassus
Tui sunt coeli : 8stimmig / (de Lasso)
Missa VIII toni "Puisque j'ai perdu"; Kyrie; Gloria / Orlandus Lassus
Echolied (Pohl, Orlando di Lasso)
Missa VIII toni "Puisque j'ai perdu"; Credo; Crucifixus / Orlandus Lassus
Gute Nacht - Im Walde (Schumann)
Missa VIII toni "Puisque j'ai perdu"; Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus Dei / Orlandus Lassus
Missa VIII toni "Puisque j'ai perdu" : Credo; Crucifixus / Orlandus Lassus
Tristis est anima mea / (Orlando de Lasso)
Puisque j'ai perdu Missa VIII toni "Puisque j'ai perdu" : Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus Dei / Orlandus Lassus
DI ORLANDO DI LASSVS IL TERZO LIBRO DE MADRIGALI A Cinque Voci
![Patrocinivm Mvsices. Orlandi De Lasso, Illustriss: Ducis Bauariae, Chori Magistri, Missae Aliqvot Quinque vocum. Secvnda Pars : Illustriss: Principis D. Gvilhelmi Comitis Palatini Rheni, vtrius[que] Bauariae Ducis, liberalitate in lucem editum](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdaten.digitale-sammlungen.de%2F~db%2F0009%2Fbsb00092949%2Fimages%2Fbsb00092949_00003.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Patrocinivm Mvsices. Orlandi De Lasso, Illustriss: Ducis Bauariae, Chori Magistri, Missae Aliqvot Quinque vocum. Secvnda Pars : Illustriss: Principis D. Gvilhelmi Comitis Palatini Rheni, vtrius[que] Bauariae Ducis, liberalitate in lucem editum
Trésor musical : collection authentique de musique sacrée et profane des anciens maitres belges ; op. 170 ; recueillie et transcript en notation moderne, 1. 1865 : Livr. 1,2
Trésor musical : collection authentique de musique sacrée & profane des anciens maitres belges ; op. 170 ; recueillie et transcrite en notation moderne, 3. 1867 : Livr. 1,2
VIGINTI QVINQVE SACRAE CANTIONES, QVINQVE VOCVM, TVM VIVA VOCE, TVM OMNIS GENERIS INSTRVMENTIS CANTATV COMMODISSIMAE
Cantiones quinque vocum. Ab Orlando di Lasso et huius filio Ferdinando di Lasso. Compositae Typis iam primo subiectae et in lucem editae
DI ORLANDO DI LASSVS IL TERZO LIBRO DI MADRIGALI A cinque Voci
43 Originalbriefe - BSB Cod.gall. 942
Selectio modorum : continens modos 4, 5, 6, 7, et 8 vocibus concinendos, 8
![PATROCINIVM MVSICES. ORLANDI DE LASSO, Illustriss. Ducis Bauariae, Chori Magistri, CANTIONVM, QVAS MVTETAS vocant, OPVS NOVVM. PRIMA PARS : Illustriss: Principis D. GVILHELMI Comitis Palatini Rheni, vtriusq[ue] Bauariae Ducis liberalitate in lucem editum](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdaten.digitale-sammlungen.de%2F~db%2F0009%2Fbsb00092948%2Fimages%2Fbsb00092948_00005.jpg&type=IMAGE)
PATROCINIVM MVSICES. ORLANDI DE LASSO, Illustriss. Ducis Bauariae, Chori Magistri, CANTIONVM, QVAS MVTETAS vocant, OPVS NOVVM. PRIMA PARS : Illustriss: Principis D. GVILHELMI Comitis Palatini Rheni, vtriusq[ue] Bauariae Ducis liberalitate in lucem editum
DI ORLANDO DI LASSVS IL PRIMO LIBRO DI MADRIGALI A QVATTRO VOCI
PRIMVS LIBER MODVLORVM QVINIS VOCIBVS CONSTANTIVM
PSALMI DAVIDIS POENITENTIALES, MODIS MVSICIS REDDITI, ATQVE ANTEHAC NVNQVAM IN LVCEM AEDITI. HIS ACCESSIT PSALMVS: Laudate Dominum de Coelis. QVINQVE VOCVM
MODVLI QVINIS VOCIBVS NVNQVAM HACTENVS EDITI MONACHII BOIOARIAE COMPOSITI
SACRAE LECTIONES NOVEM EX PROPHETA IOB. QVATVOR VOCVM
DI ORLANDO DI LASSVS IL PRIMO LIBRO DE MADRIGALI A CINQVE VOCI
IL TERZO LIBRO DELLE MVSE A CINQVE VOCI COMPOSTO DA DIVERSI Eccellentissimi Musici Con uno Madregale a Sei, Et uno Dialogo a Otto
THRESOR DE MVSIQVE D'ORLANDE DE LASSVS, CONTENANT SES CHANsons à quatre, cinq & six parties
Selectio modorum : continens modos 4, 5, 6, 7, et 8 vocibus concinendos, 7
HARMONIA CELESTE DI DIVERSI ECCELLENTISSIMI MVSICI A IIII. V. VI. VII. ET VIII. VOCI, NVOVAMENTE RACCOLTA PER ANDREA PEVERNAGE, ET DATA IN LVCE : Nella quale si contiene vna Scielta di migliori Madrigali che hoggidi si cantino
MADRIGALI: NOVAMENTE COMPOSTI A CINQVE VOCI
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Encyclopedic overview
Orlando di Lasso (various other names; probably c. 1532 – 14 June 1594) was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lasso stands with William Byrd, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Tomás Luis de Victoria as one of the leading composers of the later Renaissance. Immensely prolific, his music varies considerably in style and genres, which gave him unprecedented popularity throughout Europe.
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