Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) was one of the most important composers of the Renaissance Period. While Palestrina was well recognised in the Roman territories, Orlando di Lasso was a truly multicultural artist, whose reputation spanned the whole of Europe. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all his master works with Stretta Music today!
Orlando di Lasso was the last great Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance Period. Di Lasso was very well travelled, and in his work, there are traces of many different European cultures including Holland, Sicily, Italy, England, France and Germany.
On finishing his studies in 1556, he joined the Munich Court Orchestra, one of the top ensembles of its time, becoming the musical director in 1564, a post he held for the rest of his life. Here, di Lasso had an impressive number of musicians at his disposal for the time, 56 singers and 30 instrumentalists. Orlando di Lasso also taught a number of prominent composers, including Johannes Eccard and Giovanni Gabrieli.
Orlando di Lasso wrote a great deal of Sacred Music. He wrote over 1200 motets, which have a relatively free structure, and often adopt simple song melodies as motifs or “cantus firmus”. He also composed Masses, Magnificat & Nunc Dimitis’, Lamentations and Psalms.
About half of his output however falls under Secular Music. Di Lasso composed madrigals, villanelles, chansons and songs, which not only showcase his masterful polyphonic technique, but also his sense of humour, for example in the madrigals “Mattona mia cara” and“ Echo”. The modern harmonic developments of the time, the move away from plagal tonality towards modern harmonic tonal music, slowly filtered into di Lasso’s works, and it began to take on the tonal harmony we recognise today.
Musik der Bayerischen Hofkapelle zur Zeit Orlando di Lassos II
for: 5 voices
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 1136671
Motetten IX (Magnum opus musicum, Teil IX)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1024894
Handschriftlich überlieferte Messen IV. Anhang, Fragmente, Modelle, Register
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 12
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116267
Vol. 19: Motets X (Magnum opus musicum, Part X
for: Choir
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797677
Magnum opus musicum, Teil VII
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773843
Magnum opus musicum, Teil IV
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 479011
Magnus opus musicum, Teil V
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 177907
Magnum opus musicum, Teil II
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 186048
Kompositionen mit italienischem Text IV
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1013015
Postum überlieferte Magnificat-Kompositionen, zweifelhafte Werke, Modelle, Register
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 17
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116273
Magnum opus musicum, Teil I
for: 2–4 voices
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 131287
Magnus opus musicum, Teil VI
for: Mixed choir (5–6 parts) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773842
Motetten XI (Magnum opus musicum, Teil XI)
Alte Folge Band 18
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1551758