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Orlando di Lassus (1530-1594)

According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Orlando di Lassus was a Flemish composer. Choirboy in Mons, his birthplace; afterwards choirmaster at the church of St John Lateran, Rome, and then worked in Antwerp before taking service in the Bavarian court in Munich. He settled there (travelling to Italy, however) and died in Munich. His works, all for two or (usually) more voices, number more than 2000 and include madrigals and similar works to French, German and Italian poetry, as well as much religious music - Masses, motets, miscellaneous biblical settings in Latin, settings of various texts in Italian, etc. Was preoccupied with such religious settings towards the end of his life; latterly suffered from mental depression.

Sheet Music:
Sheet music at SheetMusicPlus.com
Websites:
Lassus, Orlando de (1532 - 1594) , biography and works by naxos.com.
di Lasso, Orlando (1532-1594) , biography etc.
Midi World Early Music , midids for O. Lassus
Books:
[§] Lassus by Jerome Roche
[§] Orlandus Lassus, 1532-1594
[§] Ten Madrigals for Mixed Voices by Dennis Arnold

Recorder Music CDs:
 Viva l'amore: Recorder Quartets 16th-17th cent. by Flanders Recorder Quartet
 Music of Orlando di Lasso by Miscellaneous
 Alla dolce ombra by The Royal Wind Music