Talk:Orlando di Lasso

Arms
Can anyone procure or produce a pic of these? I'm including a blazon. --Daniel C. Boyer 20:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Name
My CDs all use "Orlandus Lassus" or "Orlando di Lasso", which is preferred by most other wikis, and by incoming links see here. I'd favour "Orlandus Lassus", but it should certainly be moved. Johnbod (talk) 20:52, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The 2006 Signum recording of his Lamentationes and Requiem uses Orlande de Lassus, actually... though one is tempted too to have a look at some of the articles that refer to him in journals before this Wikipedia article was begun. Will have a go! Schissel | Sound the Note! 13:16, 12 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I suspect it started as Orlande de Lassus because the New Grove does it that way, and we tend to favor their choice. In school I heard mainly Orlando di Lasso, and Orlandus Lassus, in that order, and generally in the context of his secular vs. sacred output, respectively.  Slonimsky does Orlando di Lasso (in Baker's Biographical Dictionary, the other big tome I have within arm's reach).  I'm fine with it as is, but if there's an outcry I could be persuaded to move to Orlando di Lasso.  Does anyone know how MGG does it?  Cheers, Antandrus  (talk) 21:27, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Since he was born in the French speaking part of what is now Belgium, the composer's original name is undoubtedly Roland de Lassus. This name should at least be mentioned together with Orlando di Lasso (the Italianised form) and Orlandus Lassus (the latinised form), as it is used widely in Europe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seo2007 (talk • contribs) 12:07, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I think the best title for this article would be "Orlando di Lasso" based upon two very popular sources: (1) Apple Music uses this name, and (2) Probably the most popular madrigal song book of the past 50 years "The A Capella Singer" uses this name. Millions have grown up knowing him and his music as Orlando di Lasso. --Westwind273 (talk) 22:12, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Please put this to bed and change the article. An author search of WorldCat cites "Lasso, Orlando de" 3 times while an author search of WorldCat cites "Lasso, Orlando di" 18,625 . Another example: . I plead that an interested contributor correct this article. Does Orlando di Lasso translate to Roland De Lassus. If yes, Orlando di Lasso is correct. Thanks AjAirFlex (talk) 01:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC).

Composer project review
I've reviewed this article as part of the Composers project review of its B-class articles. This article is of high quality, but it suffers from two defects that would bar a higher rating. The bar to an A rating is the lack of a comprehensive works list, for which references appear to exist. The primary bar to GA consideration is the lack of any inline citations. I'm also a bit surprised that biographies and other materials dedicated to him and his work (which seem to exist) have not been consulted. Read my detailed review on the comments page; questions and comments can be left here or on my talk page.  Magic ♪piano 16:23, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Chanticleer Link
I added a link to the live concert by Chanticleer of the program, "The Divine Orlando," and hours later someone deleted it. Was that deemed to be an invalid addition? (The music at the link is absolutely gorgeous!)
 * Listen to a streaming recording of a complete live performance by Chanticleer of "The Divine Orlando" at Instant Encore — Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.178.134.68 (talk) 19:37, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

A motet with empathy
One of Lassus's stirring Latin motets is 'Verbum Caro' I recall the lyrics even though I have not sung this since about 1970...

Verbum Caro panem verum Verbum carnem efficit. Fitque sanguis Christi merum et si sensus defficit; Ad firmandum cor sincerum, Sola fides sufficit.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Musicwriter (talk • contribs) 00:28, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Gesualdo reference
I think the Prophetiae Sibyllarum might be described as anticipating Gesualdo rather than reminiscent of him, since they predate Gesualdo by a few decades. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kylegann (talk • contribs) 17:21, 8 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, absolutely right. I made the fix and copyedited a bit. Antandrus  (talk) 23:36, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 01:58, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Dogmatically Catholic?
I find this statement bewildering:

"Lassus remained Catholic during this age of religious discord, although not dogmatically so, as may be seen from his more worldly secular songs as well as his imitation Masses and Magnificats based on secular compositions."

What does the creation of secular songs and basing Masses on secular compositions have to do with Lasso's belief in the dogmas of Catholicism? Are we to infer that "dogmatic Catholics" (whatever that means) don't allow the creation of secular songs? I find this sentence questionable and suggest it be re-written.


 * A very good point of course; see what you think now. I wonder too about the assertion that his Mag. output "burgeoned" in a late period... (Just btw, I moved you comment to the bottom of the Talk page, and you can sign using 4 Gilda's (~) thus:) Sparafucil (talk) 22:15, 21 January 2018 (UTC)