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Magnum Opus Musicum is a posthumous collection of 516 motets by the Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso, also known as Orlande de Lassus. Published in 1604 under the supervision of his sons, it gathers Latin sacred works written for varied vocal combinations rather than presenting a single continu...
Matona mia cara is a comic villanella by the Flemish composer Orlando di Lasso, also known as Orlande de Lassus, set for four voices. The text depicts a German landsknecht's clumsy courtship sung in deliberately broken Italian, with bawdy double meanings. The piece became widely popular across Europ...
"Sazio del mondo" is an Italian-texted madrigal composed by the Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso, also known as Orlando de Lassus. Lasso was a highly cosmopolitan and prolific composer of the 16th century who spent his most influential years as maestro di cappella at the Bavarian court in Munic...
