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Tallis Scholars sing with stunning precision Group captures early composers' intellectual and religious fervor
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/27/1996; ; 356 words
; ...puzzle-box music, the music of twittering machines in whose works wheels whirl within wheels. Composers of this school Orlandus Lassus, Adrian Willaert, Cipriano de Rore, Andrea Gabrieli, among others wrote the brainiest, most complicated music the...
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A Chorale's Anniversary
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/13/1997; ; 458 words
; ...this event was the Flemish master Orlandus Lassus (1532-94), who spent the last years...chorus and audience. The choice of Lassus gave him a wide variety of fine...from which to choose his program. Lassus, one of the great masters of the...
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Folger Consort and Western Wind
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/18/1988; ; 251 words
; ...Banchieri were the chief purveyors of this form, meant to be sung, not acted, but even such highbrow composers as Orlandus Lassus wrote scenes in the slapstick style that characterizes these works. Friday night in the Great Hall of the Folger...
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MUSIC FOR THE COURT OF MAXIMILIAN II
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 7/1/2007; ; 401 words
; ...Ascendetis post filium. MAESSENS Discessu. LASSUS Pacis amans Newly formed in late 2004...motets as cantus firmus. The immortal Orlandus Lassus would seem out of place in this company...imperial dignity. The Munich court where Lassus served had close ties to the Hapsburgs...
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Austere Sounds of the Season From the Tallis Scholars
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/14/2004; ; 464 words
; ...Renaissance works by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Orlandus Lassus, Heinrich Isaac and others, under the leadership of...Magnificat IV for Double Choir" and "Laudate Pueri" by Lassus, which were sung immediately after intermission. Most...
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King's Singers' Pop and More
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/4/1988; ; 198 words
; ...current, outstanding album "The Beatles Connection." It will also include their versions of sacred and secular works of Orlandus Lassus, one of the finest composers of the Renaissance, recordings of which may not be in your local record shop although...
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Arts: The Mass that shook the world Brumel's colossal `Earthquake' Mass was a revelation 400 years ago. Tonight, Proms audiences will hear why
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/26/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...a galaxy of great composers. Men such as Lassus, Josquin, Palestrina, Gombert, Cornysh...1570, this surviving manuscript was used by Orlandus Lassus, to direct a performance in Munich. Lassus wrote down the names of the singers who...
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Choral Group Extends Its Range to Charleston
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/1/1995; ; 648 words
; ...the great Renaissance composer Orlandus Lassus and the "Songs of Farewell" by...texts (and a translation of the Lassus work, which was in Latin) would...near- perfect clarity, because Lassus wrote the music for performance...
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Voices of sextet span time at Pabst King's Singers show songs appeal to all generations
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/27/1997; ; 358 words
; ...of full arrangements that fleshed out the simple melodies. These were followed by five 16th century madrigals by Orlandus Lassus, written in French, German and Italian. The singers ably conveyed the shifting moods of the tunes, and weren't above...
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On the road
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 10/11/2008; ; 692 words
; ...Manchicourt: not bad for a small provincial town. The next morning I found I had to change trains (at 0710) in Mons, where Orlandus Lassus was born. I just had time to leave the station and pay my respects, before resuming the journey to Brussels airport...
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