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.
for: 2 melodic instruments
Score
Item no.: 462312
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 898013
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 990885
for: 2 recorders (AT)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1917
Musicum Band 1 für 2
Blockflöten, Spielpartitur
for: HOLZBLASINSTRUMENTE BLOCKFLÖTE OHNE TASTENINSTRUMENT AA
Item no.: 181735
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905389
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 796795
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 321405
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 906539
1532–1594
Repertoire–Untersuchungen zur Musik der Spätrenaissance
Monographie
2 Books (Hardcover)
Item no.: 268430
für gem Chor a cappella
Partitur (la)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 563141
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: SSATTB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931201
Blockflöten-Ensemble
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Blockflöten (6-7)
Score, part
Item no.: 554378
für Posaunen- [Tuben]-DoppelQuartett
for: 8 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 302814
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 906933
for: Violin, cello
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383377
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123902
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
Score
Item no.: 311057
for: 4–8 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160555
for: 5 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160548
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911523
for: 3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996077
for: Blockflöten (2) oder Melodieinstrument
Spielpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 122038
for: Wind Quartet with Variable Instrumentation with Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 336874
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850952
for: SATB Double Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 985618
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 122422
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6307
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822791
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315909
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667910
for: 8 recorders
Score, Parts
Item no.: 362607
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116266
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115894
Versuch einer Bestandsaufnahme der biographischen Einzelheiten
Book
Item no.: 1677897
This glad day He appeared
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039087
Item no.: 553804
Item no.: 312572
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 661377
for: 4–10 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160559
for: 5 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160553
for: 2–3 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160549
for: 6 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160547
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948241
Score
Item no.: 495383
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1131
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850381
for: SSAATTBB
Choir score
Item no.: 900778
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