Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer and educator (born 1532)

Orlando di Lasso

Franco-Flemish composer (1532–1594)

Orlando di Lasso was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lasso stands with William Byrd, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Tomás Luis de Victoria as one of the leading composers of the…