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Orlande de Lassus
Renaissance · 1532–1594
Orlande de Lassus was born in Mons, in present-day Belgium, and as a boy singer was reportedly kidnapped more than once for the beauty of his voice. He worked in Italy in his youth, then settled at the ducal court in Munich, where he ran the chapel music for decades, turned down offers from other courts, and was honored by both pope and emperor.
He wrote over 2,000 pieces in Latin, French, Italian, and German, from solemn masses to drinking songs, with a knack for making words vivid that few contemporaries matched.
Start with the Lagrime di San Pietro, the Tears of Saint Peter, a cycle for seven voices about the apostle's remorse after denying Christ, which Lassus completed just weeks before his death in 1594.
190 works in the catalog, across 2 genres. Log what you listen to with Opus, the classical music journal for iPhone.
Chamber
- Canon in two voices no. 1
- Canon in two voices no. 6
- Die kalte Nacht
- Fantasia no. 1
- Fantasia no. 1
- Fantasia no. 2
- Fantasia no. 2
- Fantasia no. 3
- Madonna mia cara
Vocal
- Lagrime di San Pietro
- Missa Entre vous filles
- Missa Susanne un jour
- 9 Lamentationes Hieremiae, H.xxii/3
- Accipe daque: Anna mihi dilecta veni
- Ad coenam agni providi, hymn for 4 voices, H.xviii/57
- Ad te levavi animam meam
- Agimus tibi gratias, motet for 6 voices, M. ix
- Al dolce suon
- Allala la pia calia, S.x/104
- Alleluia laus et gloria
- Alma Redemptoris mater
- Ante me non est formatus Deus, motet for 6 voices, M. ix
- Appariran per me le stell'in cielo, madrigal for 4 voices, S. viii/27
- Audi benigne conditor, hymn for 4 voices, H. xviii/42
- Audi benigne conditor, motet
- Audite nova Der Bwar von Eselsskirchen, S. xx/51
- Ave maris stella, hymn for 4 voices, H.xviii/36
- Ave regina coelorum
- Ave verum corpus
- Baur, was tregst im Sacke?
- Baur, was tregst im Sacke? S. xx/29
- Beati quorum remissae sunt,
- Beau le crystal, chanson for 4 voices, B. xi/57
- Benedicam Dominum, motet for 4 voices, M. xiv
- Benedicta es caelorum regina, H. xv/228
- Bon jour et puis quelles nouvelles
- Bon jour mon coeur, chanson
- Cantate Domino canticum novum, motet for 3 voices, M. xi
- Cantiones duarum vocum sine text
- Che se la vers
- Christe redemptor omnium, Beata quoque, hymn for 4 voices, H.xviii/3
- Christus resurgens ex mortuis, motet for 3 voices, M. xi
- Circumdederunt me Dolores mortis, motet for 6 voices
- Conditor alme siderum, hymn for 5 voices, H.xviii/14
- Confitemini Domino, motet for 6 voices, M. ix
- Da pacem Domine, motet for 5 voices, M. xix
- De profundis
- Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
- Der Wein, der schmeckt mir also, lied for 5 voices, S.xviii/11
- Dic mihi quem portas, motet for 8 voices, M. xviii
- Dixit Dominus, motet for 8 voices, M. vii
- Domine clamavi, motet for 5 voices, M. ix
- Domine Dominus noster
- Domine exaudi... auribus percipe
- Domine exaudi... non avertas
- Domine ne in furore tuo... miserere, motet for 5 voices
- Domine ne in furore tuo... quoniam
- Domine quid multiplicati sunt
- Dulces exuviae, motet for 5 voices, M.xvii
- Ecce nunc benedicite
- Einmal ging ich spatzieren, lied for 5 voices, S. xviii/98
- Emendemus in melius, motet for 5 voices, M. viii
- Ergo rex vivat, motet for 8 voices, M. xxi
- Es Jagt ein Jeger vor dem Holtz, lied for 5 voices, S. xviiii/88
- Exaudi Deus orationem meam
- Exaudi Domine vocem meam, motet for 5 voices, M. ii
- Exurgat Deus
- Fratres qui gloriatur, motet for 6 voices, M. xxi
- Fraw ich bin euch von hertzen Hold, lied for 5 voices, S. xviii/31
- Fuyons tous d'amour
- Gaudent in coelis, motet for 4 voices, M. ix
- Gustate et videte, motet for 5 voices, M. i
- Hieremiae prophetae lamentationes, et aliae pieae cantiones, collection for 5 voices
- Hodie complete sunt
- Hollah! Welch gutes Echo
- Hort zu ein news Gedicht, S. xviii/151
- Hostis herodes impie, hymn for 5 voices, H.xviii/26
- Ich hab ein Mann, set of 8 lied for 4 voices
- Ich weiss nur ein hubsches Meidlein
- Im Lant zu Wirtenberg S. xviii/19
- Improperium expectavit, motet for 4 voices, M. xiv
- In Deo salutarem meum, motet for 6 voices, M. ix
- Infelix ego
- In monte Oliveti
- Io ti vorria contra, S.x/85
- Je l'ayme bien
- Jesu corno virginum, motet
- Jesu nostra redemptio, motet
- Jubilate Deo omnis terra, motet for 4 voices, M. xiv
- Jubilemus singuli
- Justorum animae, motet
- La cortesia voi donne predicate, S.x/66
- Laetatus sum, motet for 3 voices, M. xi
- Laetentur coeli - Tunc exaltabunt
- Lagrime di S Pietro
- La nuit froide et somber
- Las je n'iray plus, chanson for 5 voices, B. xii/125
- Lauda Jerusalem Dominum, motet for 6 voices, M. v
- Lauda mater ecclesia
- Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
- Laudate pueri Dominum, motet for 7 voices, M. vi
- Laudent Deum cythara
- La vita fugge, S. iv/44
- Madonna mia pieta S.x/61
- Magnificat, Octavi toni, for 8 voices, H. xv/166
- Magnificat tertii toni
- Maria voll Genad
- Matona mia cara S.x/93
- Media vita in morte sumus, motet for 6 voices, M. ix
- Melancholia - Aphorisms on Life and Death, for 6 voices, M. xxi
- Miserere mei Deus, motet for 5 voices
- Misericordias Domini, motet for 5 voices, M. ix
- Missa 'Osculetur me'
- Missa Bell' Amfirit'altera, H.viii/55
- Missa Congratulamini mihi, H.vii/137
- Missa Jager H.iv/73
- Missa Pro defunctis
- Missa Qual donna attende a gloriosa fama H.vi/43
- Missa Surrexit Pastor bonus, H.xii/15
- Missa Tous les regretz, H.v/3
- Mon Coeur se recommande, chanson for 5 voices, B. xiii/15
- Mors tua mors Christi, motet for 5 voices, M. xix
- Musica Dei donum optimi
- Nisi Dominus, motet for 5 voices, M. ii
- Nos qui sumus in hoc mundo, motet for 4 voices, M. ix
- Nunc gaudere licet
- Nun gruss dich Gott, lied for 8 voices, S. xx/54
- O che vezzosa aurora
- Oculi omnium, motet for 5 voices, M. ix
- O glorioso domina, motet for 6 voices, M. ix
- O la o che bon eccho
- O Lucia miau S.x/70
- O Maria clausus hortus
- Omnes de Saba venient, motet for 8 voices, M. xix
- Omnia tempus habent
- O occhi manza mia, S.x/103
- O peccator
- O salutaris hostia, motet
- Osculetur me osculo
- Ove d'altra montagn' ombra tocchi
- O vin en vigne
- Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Mattheum, for 5 voices, H.ii/3
- Pater noster, motet for 4 voices, M. ix
- Pater noster, motet for 6 voices, M. xv
- Pauper sum ego, motet for 4 voices, M. ix
- Poi che 'l mio largo pianto S.viii/84
- Praesidium Sara, motet for 4 voices, M. xviii
- Prophetiae Sibyllarum
- Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales, 7 psalm settings for 5 voices
- Pulvis et umbra sumus, motet for 4 voices, M. ii
- Quand mon mary vient
- Quare tristis es anima mea?, motet for 6 voices, M. iv
- Quid gloriaris
- Quid vulgo memorant, motet for 8 voices, M. xxi
- Qui moderatur sermons suos, motet for 6 voices, M. xxi
- Qui sequitur me
- Quis mihi det lacrimis, motet for 5 voices, M. ix
- Recordare Jesu pie, motet for 6 voices, M. xvi
- Regina coeli laetare
- Regnum mundi, motet for 6 voices, M. ix
- Resonet in laudibus
- Salve regina
- Salve Regina, motet for 6 voices, M. xix
- Salve regina mater
- Salve regina mater
- Salve Regina mater, motet for 8 voices, M. xix
- Si je suis brun, chanson for 4 voices, B. xiv/4
- So trincken wir alle
- Sto core mio se fosse di diamante, S.x/69
- Surrexit Pastor bonus, motet for 5 voices, M. ii
- Susanne un jour
- Susanne un jour, magnificat for 6 voices, H. xiv/174
- Teutsche Psalmen: geistlich Psalmen
- Timor et tremor
- Tristis est anima mea
- Tui sunt coeli, motet for 8 voices, M. xxi
- Ubi est Abel, motet for 5 voices, M. xvii
- Un
- Un jeune moine
- Un jour l'amant, chanson for 8 voices, B. xiv/110
- Un jour vis un foulon
- Veni creator spiritus, hymn for 5 voices, H.xviii/65
- Veni Creator Spiritus, motet
- Veni dilecte mi
- Veni in hortum meum, motet for 5 voices, M. ii
- Verbum caro factum est
- Vexilla regis prodeunt, motet
- Vide homo quae pro te patior, motet for 7 voices
- Vignon vignon vignette, chanson for 6 voices, B. xiv/142
- Wer frisch wil sein
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