Music in the Renaissance
by Gustave Reese
Period: Renaissance
Born: 1532 in Mons, Belgium
Died: Tuesday, June 14, 1594 in Munich, Germany
Nation of Origin: Belgium
Major Works:
Renaissance German Lieder such as Ich armer Mann
Italian Madrigals
Other Information:
He is also known as Orlando di Lasso, Roland de Lassus, and sometimes Roland Delattre. Lassus' music represents the Flemish version of Renaissance polyphony. His work compares favorably to his Italian contemporary, Palestrina, his English contemporary, Byrd, and his Spanish contemporary, Victoria. He worked in many places in Europe most importantly in Rome as maestro of the Lateran (1553-1554), for Duke Albrecht V at the court of Munich in Bavaria (1556 or 1557), and as head of the ducal chapel (1560 until his death in 1594). His final years, unfortunately, were marked by emotional depression.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Reese, Gustave, Music in the Renaissance, W.W. Norton & Company; November 1959, ISBN: 0393095304
Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World , W. W. Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN: 0393097188
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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Biographical essay from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music
Biographical essay at the Karadar site
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Biographical essay at the Naxos site
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A new site about Lassus (in Italian)
Orlando di Lasso 'The Divine'
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