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: Fanfare Band (brass & saxophones)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667911
Canon in 2, 3 or 4 parts
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 445790
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Music score
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Praise Thy God, Jehovah, All Ye Nations
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1193568
We adore thee, O Christ
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040846
Bonjour, Mon Coeur
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039743
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 409626
Marschformat / Petit format / Card Size
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315811
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377827
Orial Library
for: 6 recorders (SAATTB)
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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for: 4 voices
Score
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for: 4 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160546
for: Voices
Score
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for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
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for: 3 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 240680
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115889
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115887
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
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for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
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for: 2 voices
Choir score
Item no.: 207535
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850760
S'io ti vedess' una sol
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038447
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038840
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931503
for: 6 voices
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
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for: 5–6 voices
Score
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for: 5 voices
Score
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for: 4 voices
Score
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for: Woodwinds
Buch
Item no.: 301827
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); 5 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
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for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); instruments ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
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for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon
Score, Parts
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for: Choir, winds, band
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: 2 recorders (SA/TB)
Music score
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Item no.: 1671233
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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for two voices or recorders
complete edtion
score
for: 2 voices [2 recorders (ST)]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 681971
for: TTT a Cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037517
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 455824
Hinshaw Sacred
for: SATB - Double, Keyboard Optional
Choir score
Item no.: 900346
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: 3-Part Choir a Cappella
Einzelstimme
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