Orlando Di Lasso Studies

Book Overview

Orlando di Lasso was probably the most famous and most popular composer of the second half of the 1500s. This book of essays written by leading scholars from Europe and the United States is a survey of a broad spectrum of Lasso's music. The essays discuss his large and varied output with regard to structure, expressive qualities, liturgical aspects and its use as a model by other composers, focusing in turn on his Magnificat settings, masses, motets,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521028132
• ISBN13: 9780521028134
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"