Orlando di Lasso Studies [Paperback]

This is a survey of the music of the High Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso.This is the first full-length survey in English of the music of the Flemish composer Orlando di Lasso, one of the most important musical figures of the later 1500s. Eleven essays discuss Lasso's sacred and secular music from many perspectives, including close analysis of the music as well as broader considerations of its position in society, commerce, and liturgy. The influence of Lasso's music on other composers is another major theme in the book.This is the first full-length survey in English of the music of the Flemish composer Orlando di Lasso, one of the most important musical figures of the later 1500s. Eleven essays discuss Lasso's sacred and secular music from many perspectives, including close analysis of the music as well as broader considerations of its position in society, commerce, and liturgy. The influence of Lasso's music on other composers is another major theme in the book.This is the first full-length survey in English of the music of the Flemish composer Orlando di Lasso, one of the most important musical figures of the later 1500s. Eleven essays discuss Lasso's sacred and secular music from many perspectives, including close analysis of the music as well as broader considerations of its position in society, commerce, and liturgy. The influence of Lasso's music on other composers is another major theme in the book.Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Aspects of form in Orlando di Lasso's Magnificat settings James Erb; 2. Orlando di Lasso and Andrea Gabrieli: two motets and their masses in a Munich choir book from 15645 Marie Louise G?llner; 3. Post-Tridentine liturgical change and functional music: Lasso's cycle of polyphonic Latin hymns Daniel Zager; 4. The salon as marketplace in the 1550s: patrons and collectors of Lasso's secular music Donna G. Cardamone; 5. Lasso's 'Standomi un giorno' and the canzone in the mid-sixteenth century Mary S. Lewis; 6. Lasso's 'Fertur lc+