Top of page

Notice
Special holiday hours in effect, December 2025 through January 2026. More information.

Notated Music Selectissimæ cantiones, qvas vvlgo motetas vocant, partim omnino novæ, partim nvsqvam in Germania excusæ, sex & pluribus vocibus compositæ, per excellentissimum musicum Orlandum di Lassvs. Posteriori huic editioni accessere omnes Orlandi motetæ, quæ in veteri nostro Thesauro Musico impressæ continebantur quibusdam aliis, it a ut ferè tertia parte opus sit auctius. Omnia denuò multò quàm antehac correctius edita

View 828 images in sequence.

About this Item

Title

  • Selectissimæ cantiones, qvas vvlgo motetas vocant, partim omnino novæ, partim nvsqvam in Germania excusæ, sex & pluribus vocibus compositæ, per excellentissimum musicum Orlandum di Lassvs. Posteriori huic editioni accessere omnes Orlandi motetæ, quæ in veteri nostro Thesauro Musico impressæ continebantur quibusdam aliis, it a ut ferè tertia parte opus sit auctius. Omnia denuò multò quàm antehac correctius edita

Names

  • Lasso, Orlando di, 1532-1594, composer

Created / Published

  • Noribergæ : In officina typographica Catharinæ Gerlachiæ, M.D.LXXXVII, [1587]

Headings

  • -  Motets

Genre

  • Motets

Notes

  • -  For "Discantus", "Altus", "Tenor", "Bassus", "Quinta vox", and "Sexta vox."
  • -  The dates of publication vary in this copy. In the "Discantus" and "Altus" 1587 appears as date of issue. In the remaining parts 1579 together with "Hæredum Iohannis Montani" added to the publisher Gerlachi in the imprint.
  • -  RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), A/I, L 915
  • -  RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), 990036701 https://opac.rism.info/search?id=990036701&View=rism External
  • -  RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), A/I, L 916
  • -  RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), 990036702 https://opac.rism.info/search?id=990036702&View=rism External
  • -  RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), A/I, L 976
  • -  RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), 990036762 https://opac.rism.info/search?id=990036762&View=rism External
  • -  Mensural notation.

Medium

  • 1 score (6 volumes) ; 16 x 21 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M1490 .L315

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2014572354

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Format

Contributor

Dates

Language

Subject

Rights & Access

The Library of Congress is providing access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or other rights holders (such as holders of publicity and/or privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. There may be content that is protected as "works for hire" (copyright may be held by the party that commissioned the original work) and/or under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations.

Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permission ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Users should consult the bibliographic information that accompanies each item for specific information. This catalog data provides the details known to the Library of Congress regarding the corresponding items and may assist users in making independent assessments of the legal status of these items as related to their desired uses.

Items included here with the permission of the rights holders are indicated as such in the bibliographic record for each item.

In some cases, the Library was unable to identify a possible rights holder and has elected to place some of those items online as an exercise of fair use for strictly non-commercial educational uses. The Library of Congress would like to learn more about these materials and would like to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information or know of their history. Please contact:  Performing Arts Reading Room.

Suggested credit line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Selectissimæ cantiones, qvas vvlgo motetas vocant, partim omnino novæ, partim nvsqvam in Germania excusæ, sex & pluribus vocibus compositæ, per excellentissimum musicum Orlandum di Lassvs. Posteriori huic editioni accessere omnes Orlandi motetæ, quæ in veteri nostro Thesauro Musico impressæ continebantur quibusdam aliis, it a ut ferè tertia parte opus sit auctius. Omnia denuò multò quàm antehac correctius edita. composeds by Lasso, Orlando Di [Noribergæ: In officina typographica Catharinæ Gerlachiæ, M.D.LXXXVII, 1587] Notated Music. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014572354/.

APA citation style:

(1587) Selectissimæ cantiones, qvas vvlgo motetas vocant, partim omnino novæ, partim nvsqvam in Germania excusæ, sex & pluribus vocibus compositæ, per excellentissimum musicum Orlandum di Lassvs. Posteriori huic editioni accessere omnes Orlandi motetæ, quæ in veteri nostro Thesauro Musico impressæ continebantur quibusdam aliis, it a ut ferè tertia parte opus sit auctius. Omnia denuò multò quàm antehac correctius edita. Lasso, O. D., comp [Noribergæ: In officina typographica Catharinæ Gerlachiæ, M.D.LXXXVII] [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014572354/.

MLA citation style:

Selectissimæ cantiones, qvas vvlgo motetas vocant, partim omnino novæ, partim nvsqvam in Germania excusæ, sex & pluribus vocibus compositæ, per excellentissimum musicum Orlandum di Lassvs. Posteriori huic editioni accessere omnes Orlandi motetæ, quæ in veteri nostro Thesauro Musico impressæ continebantur quibusdam aliis, it a ut ferè tertia parte opus sit auctius. Omnia denuò multò quàm antehac correctius edita. comp by Lasso, Orlando Di [Noribergæ: In officina typographica Catharinæ Gerlachiæ, M.D.LXXXVII, 1587] Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2014572354/>.