Lassus - Prophetiae Sibyllarum

[@demographerist]

-What key is this this in? -Yes

[@apteryx01]

How have I gone my whole life without hearing this before? Gorgeous and glorious! I can only imagine the surprise people felt in the 16th century.

[@vanbaarm]

apteryx01 exactly how I feel tonight

[@zigosepalum5641]

Cette musique est magique car elle révèle en nous des émotions profondes et insolites.

[@timothydenton5286]

Yes, Lasso (Roland de Lassus) was one of the last of the great Netherlanders. It's hard to imagine Gesualdo or many of Monteverdi's chromatic madrigals without the Carminum and similar. He was one of the most famous musicians of his time, but we hardly remember him now--unless we have the good fortune to sing in very good chamber choirs! I had the good luck to belong to such a group in my early 20s called "i cantori." They could sing anything! Don't know if any of their work is still around, but check them out if you can. Their performance of Penderecki's Ecloga VIII was stunning, to name but one example.

[@Hansengineering]

I am listening to him tonight because we sang some of his works in choir, 20 years ago now. This song in particular is wild! Also, he was contemporaneous with my persona in the SCA (that I haven't used in a decade).

Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal chantent souvent du Lassus à l'oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal le dimanche à 11h, la musique sacrée de Lassus (ou musique liturgique) est absolument sublime.

[@neilwalsh3977]

Remarkably chromatic in historical context. Extraordinary

[@industrialengineer3269]

Interesting musical work. Complex. With many changes. With reason it's regarded like one of the earliest examples of chromaticism. Thank you!

[@권형순-b6s]

sacred and .... epic.

[@DavidSolomons]

Amazing - I would have guessed Gesualdo

[@drtee51]

Me too. And Gesualdo was a madrigal guy--Lasso was actually doing this stuff in church!

[@Polomokipo23]

Roland de Lassus ( Mons 1532-1594 Munich ) PROPHETIAE SILYLLARUM Sublime magnifique une pure merveille qui vous emportes sur une autre terre merci.

[@jamesdownham6417]

Thank you for inserting the score !I love reading each part .Fascinating . Well sung too with excellent diction.

[@josephvanriper7779]

Huh... I stumbled into this following someone's list, and initially wondered if I was listening to something by Carlo Gesualdo because of the unusual harmony during the Carmina Chromatico. I didn't realize Lassus had this in him. Interesting stuff.

[@GLPRAGMA]

Davvero complimenti, un'esecuzione magnifica!

[@glennsuchan6472]

There are no key centers. The following, regarding the first movement, "Carmina Chromatic" is taken from the liner notes on the Hilliard Ensemble's performance of this amazing piece of music: "...the title referring to the complex dissonances and tuning of this extraordinary work. .. The tenor begins on G, which would lead the listener toexpext the Mixolydian mode; in fact a C chord is inserted before one on G, after which we reach the word 'chromatic, where Lassus takes off into Bmaj, C#m and Emma in rapid succession, makes a brief rhetorical pause and then jumps to F#m, completely destabilizing any potential tonal center. In the first eight bars there are chords in all but one of the twelve chromatic semitones...." The entire piece is an early example of chromaticism as opposed to diatonic composition common to western music and very controversial in the 16th century.

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

XX Century four centuries earlier. Flemish masters had all the History of Music yet in their veins :) :) .

[@Eigentlichste]

Тахонов Иван, your work is so fuckin amazing ! What a taste, it's really impressive..

[@PegSmith-ov7wq]

icredible, I would never guess it's 16. century

[@pietrobonaiti9147]

Che bravi che armonia davvero bravi

[@jimfowler5930]

So used to hearing/seeing Orlando di Lasso and Thomas Morley, I was not that familiar with Roland de Lassus at all. Thank you for acquainting my ears to this work. Very pleasant!

[@oogalieboogalieboo]

Di Lasso and de Lassus are the same person?

[@benfowler5258]

Is this irony or you didn't know Orlando di Lasso and Roland de Lassus also Orlandus Lassus moreover Orlande de Lassus are the very same, one person?

[@安海無人]

@@oogalieboogalieboo 　Same.Lasso is italian,and Lassus is latin.Typical changing from latin name to italian name.For example,lupus(wolf) in Latin is called lupo in italian.

[@tsutsuimusic]

Beautiful

[@stevenhendricks1801]

I like it even better at 1.25 speed.

[@GuidoMenestrina]

If you like Lasso, check this funny French chanson by him! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZvdg6Frl8hlrtk Orlando di Lasso - Quant un cordier (1573) Canzone francese a 4 voci di Orlando di Lasso, dalla sua raccolta multilingue "Sex cantiones latinae / Sechs Teutsche Lieder / Six Chandons Francoises / Sei Madrigali nuovi" (1573). Un brano scherzoso sulla... difficoltà nell'accordare gli strumenti a corda Trascrizione a cura di Guido Menestrina Performance a cura di Orlando di Lasso Ensemble Hannover, Bläser-Collegium Leipzig, La Gamba Freiburg. A 4-voices song by Orlando di Lasso, from his collection in Latin, German, French and Italian published in 1573. This funny song in French goes about the difficulty in tuning string instruments. Transcription by Guido Menestrina, performance by Orlando di Lasso Ensemble Hannover, Bläser-Collegium Leipzig, La Gamba Freiburg. Score available in modern clefs on www.musicaltranscriptions.com

[@renatobajardo8855]

Amazing

[@javiergarciaflorez9822]

Mme chiflan los pentagrama 👍

[@kjarri7780]

Yes... my favorite... music without key hahahhha

[@FRAGIORGIO1]

Thank you for this. Just want to call your attention to a spelling error under "De Labyrintho". In "Carmina crhomatico", the latter word should be spelled "chromatico". Best regards.

[@takhonov]

thank you

[@황선호-t8n]

랏소 -

[@JohnBishop-b5k]

Gesualdo: hold my beer

[@therealzilch]

That's rad.

[@samuelecannicci8983]

eccellente

[@kathrinebrndrasmussen1027]

Lassus de profundus

[@giotheproducer2476]

C Major, G Major (I,V) then B Major (G's USM) then C#m and E Major...great choice of chords !

[@ratonmusical5865]

This music dont have chords. Is a Modal music. Not Tonal music. The chords are a consecuence of the counterpoint.

[@giotheproducer2476]

oh, compliments man, you did your home work,,,,who cares it 's counterpoint? The chords occurs anyway-

[@giotheproducer2476]

by the way, don't bother yourself trying to explain me what is Tonal music . I happen to know it

[@shiroumxm2052]

@@ratonmusical5865 this is a choral, and as a whole "instrument" of course chords happen

[@gradwhan]

Measure 11-12 (Sibylla Persica): isn't this an inverse parallel quint between tenor and bass?

[@jsleith]

The inverted parallel fifth takes place over a phrase boundary. The tenor will breathe at the end of measure 11 and so his A-D interval won't feel like an interval.

[@Achsje]

@@jsleith The final cadence of Sybilla Persica actually has the same voice leading in the tenor and bass as in measure 11-12, this time within a single word ('magnus') and thus within a single phrase. As far as I can tell (as an amateur), only 'real', i.e. non-inverted, non-'hidden' parallel fifths are avoided consistently by Lassus and his Franco-Flemish predecessors.

[@therealzilch]

@@Achsje Indeed. I'm also unaware of any contemporary theorists who disallow inverted parallel fifths.

[@TheCitybike]

Nice! Who sings?

[@takhonov]

De Labyrintho ensemble

[@TheCitybike]

@@takhonov tanks

[@BaritonoG]

I was just looking for this execution!! Perfect for me!! It's a problem for you to send me the 12 mp3 files? I'd be grateful!

[@LibertySecurityForce]

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[@stephenjackson5792]

Or just buy the album so that groups like this continue to record high quality music for your consumption. It's on Naxos, so the cost is minimal... Look for "Lasso: Prophetiae Sibyllarum"

[@christjesus3434]

ok