Canon
Where to start with Lassus
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
VocalLagrime di San Pietro
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ChamberCanon in two voices no. 1
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VocalMissa Entre vous filles
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VocalMissa Susanne un jour
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Vocal9 Lamentationes Hieremiae, H.xxii/3
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VocalAccipe daque: Anna mihi dilecta veni
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VocalAd coenam agni providi, hymn for 4 voices, H.xviii/57
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VocalAd te levavi animam meam
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VocalAgimus tibi gratias, motet for 6 voices, M. ix
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VocalAl dolce suon
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VocalAllala la pia calia, S.x/104
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VocalAlleluia laus et gloria
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VocalAlma Redemptoris mater
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VocalAnte me non est formatus Deus, motet for 6 voices, M. ix
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VocalAppariran per me le stell'in cielo, madrigal for 4 voices, S. viii/27
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Lassus's catalogueMost Popular
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Prophetiae Sibyllarum
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Penitential Psalms
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Lagrime di San Pietro
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Matona mia cara (madrigal)
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Bonjour mon coeur (chanson)
Most Acclaimed
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Lagrime di San Pietrolast work — 21 sacred madrigals written as he was dying
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Penitential Psalms
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Prophetiae Sibyllarumprologue in extreme chromaticism
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Masses (complete)
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German songs (Lieder)
Most Weird
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Prophetiae Sibyllarumthe Prologue begins with the most extreme chromaticism of the 16th century — the harmonic language predates Gesualdo by 30 years
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Lagrime di San Pietrohis last completed work — 21 sacred madrigals, each more intimate than the last; he died before it was published
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Psalmi Davidis poenitentialesPenitential Psalms — commissioned by Duke Albrecht V; lavishly illuminated manuscript; almost never public-performed in his time
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La nuit froide et sombrechanson — cold and dark night; unusually chromatic
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Tristis est anima mea (motet)the most harmonically daring of all his sacred works
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 190
- 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 Dominus noster
- Domine clamavi, motet for 5 voices, M. ix
- 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
- In monte Oliveti
- Infelix ego
- 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
- La nuit froide et somber
- La vita fugge, S. iv/44
- Laetatus sum, motet for 3 voices, M. xi
- Laetentur coeli - Tunc exaltabunt
- Lagrime di S Pietro
- 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
- Madonna mia pieta S.x/61
- Magnificat tertii toni
- Magnificat, Octavi toni, for 8 voices, H. xv/166
- 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
- Nun gruss dich Gott, lied for 8 voices, S. xx/54
- Nunc gaudere licet
- O Lucia miau S.x/70
- O Maria clausus hortus
- O che vezzosa aurora
- O glorioso domina, motet for 6 voices, M. ix
- O la o che bon eccho
- O occhi manza mia, S.x/103
- O peccator
- O salutaris hostia, motet
- O vin en vigne
- Oculi omnium, motet for 5 voices, M. ix
- Omnes de Saba venient, motet for 8 voices, M. xix
- Omnia tempus habent
- Osculetur me osculo
- Ove d'altra montagn' ombra tocchi
- 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
- Qui moderatur sermons suos, motet for 6 voices, M. xxi
- Qui sequitur me
- Quid gloriaris
- Quid vulgo memorant, motet for 8 voices, M. xxi
- 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 mater, motet for 8 voices, M. xix
- Salve Regina, motet for 6 voices, M. xix
- Salve regina
- Salve regina mater
- Salve regina mater
- 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, motet
- Veni creator spiritus, hymn for 5 voices, H.xviii/65
- 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
- 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