Pro defunctis: Lassos frühe Toten- und Memorialkompositionen zwischen Individualisierung und Generalisierung
Although the Office and Mass for the Dead are celebrated with specific intentions, the liturgical formularies consistently adopt the generic plural. This has a decisive impact on the tradition of the genre of the polyphonic Requiem, to which Orlando di Lasso made his first contribution only in his m...
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EOS Verlag
2024
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| Summary: | Although the Office and Mass for the Dead are celebrated with specific intentions, the liturgical formularies consistently adopt the generic plural.
This has a decisive impact on the tradition of the genre of the polyphonic Requiem, to which Orlando di Lasso made his first contribution only in his mid-forties. By contrast, settings of individual texts from the Office of the Dead already feature prominently in Lasso’s earliest publications of the
years 1556–7, the transitional phase between his formative years in Italy and the permanent appointment at the ducal court of Munich. While these commemorative works are designed for universal applicability, the non-sacred
motets of these early publications promote the memoria of specific individuals. Viewed against the backdrop of the musical tradition, we can see how Lasso navigated between the opposing poles of sacred de-individualised
and profane individualized memorial cultures. |
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