On this page The textPlainchant settingAnglican chant settingDixit Dominus, by Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)Dixit Dominus, by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)Der Herr spracht zu meinem Herren, by Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)Dixit Dominus, by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)Dixit Dominus, by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)Dixit Dominus, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) The text from the Psalter in The Book of Common Prayer (1928),pointed for singing in Sarum chant Psalm 110. Dixit Dominus1 The LORD said • unto my Lord, * Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine ene•mies thy footstool.2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy power • out of Sion: * be thou ruler, even in the midst a•mong thine…
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Orlando de Lassus: Conditor alme siderum
The fourth and last in my series on Renaissance motets based on Conditor alme siderum features a setting by a composer who is far too under-appreciated. As I wrote recently in Touchstone: Among musically knowledgeable listeners, even those who admire the music of the high Renaissance, the work of Orlande de Lassus is woefully unfamiliar. It was not always so. During his lifetime, in the second half of the sixteenth century, Lassus was easily the most famous composer in Europe. With contemporaries that included Palestrina, Victoria, and Byrd, such fame is a remarkable tribute to his artistic accomplishments. Another contemporary, the celebrated French poet Pierre de Ronsard, hailed Lassus as…