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.
Magnificat der Drucke Paris 1587 sowie München 1576 und 1587. 25 Kompositionen. Anhang
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 14
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116270
22 Magnificat-Vertonungen der Jahre 1583-1585 aus Münchner Handschriften. Kompositionen zu 4 bis 7 Stimmen.
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 16
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116272
Musica Practica Fuer Schule Kirche Haus 5
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 302028
Magnificat des Druckes Nürnberg 1567. 24 Kompositionen zu 6, 5 und 4 Stimmen, jeweils in den acht Tönen (Primi Toni - Octavi Toni). Anhang
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 13
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116268
Magnificat-Kompositionen der Jahre 1576-1583 aus Münchner Handschriften. 21 Kompositionen zu 4, 5, 6 und 8 Stimmen
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 15
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 116271
Postum überlieferte Magnificat-Kompositionen, zweifelhafte Werke, Modelle, Register
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 17
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116273
Offertorium der 3. Weihnachtsmesse
Psalm 88,12
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSAB, SATB); 3 cornetts, 5 trombones (colla parte) ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5429
Let praise sound from heav'n on high
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 381087
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388021
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760508
Wir beten dich an, Christe (Pasion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730047
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753988
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730973