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Orlande de Lassus

1534 - 1594

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Orlando di Lasso (various other names; probably c. 1532 – 14 June 1594) was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lassus stands with William Byrd, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Tomás Luis de Victoria as one of the leading composers of the later Renaissance. Immensely prolific, his music varies considerably in style and genres, which gave him unprecedented popularity throughout Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orlande de Lassus is the 45th most popular composer (up from 54th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Composer.

Orlande de Lassus was a Franco-Flemish composer who was most famous for his polyphonic chansons.

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Among composers, Orlande de Lassus ranks 45 out of 1,451. Before him are Camille Saint-Saëns, Johann Strauss I, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Antonio Salieri, Gaetano Donizetti, and Jean-Baptiste Lully. After him are Tomaso Albinoni, Modest Mussorgsky, Anton Bruckner, Guido of Arezzo, Stefania Turkewich, and Vincenzo Bellini.

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Among people born in 1534, Orlande de Lassus ranks 2. Before him is Oda Nobunaga. After him are Frederick II of Denmark, Myeongjong of Joseon, Joseph of Anchieta, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Isaac Luria, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Lautaro, Guru Ram Das, Giovanni de' Bardi, and Robert Garnier. Among people deceased in 1594, Orlande de Lassus ranks 4. Before him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tintoretto, and Gerardus Mercator. After him are Ishikawa Goemon, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Martin Frobisher, Alonso de Ercilla, Thomas Kyd, Bálint Balassi, William Allen, and Girolamo Mei.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Orlande de Lassus ranks 17 out of 1,190. Before him are Andreas Vesalius (1514), Anthony van Dyck (1599), Gerardus Mercator (1512), René Magritte (1898), Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908), and Leopold II of Belgium (1835). After him are Carlota of Mexico (1840), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), Frans Hals (1582), Mary of Burgundy (1457), Georges Simenon (1903), and Auguste Beernaert (1829).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Orlande de Lassus ranks 1. After him are Guillaume Du Fay (1397), César Franck (1822), André Grétry (1741), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Adrian Willaert (1490), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Gilles Binchois (1400), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), and Pierre De Geyter (1848).

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