Lassus

American  

[lah-suhs] / ˈlɑ səs /

noun

1. Roland de Orlando di Lasso, 1532–94, Flemish composer.

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Lassus British  

/ ˈlæsəs /

noun

1. Roland de. Italian name Orlando di Lasso. ?1532–94, Flemish composer, noted for his mastery in both sacred and secular music

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Example Sentences

The spire was the work of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, a designer and scholar who, along with the architect Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus, restored and tinkered with the cathedral between 1844 and 1864.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

His writing spurred on calls for a full restoration, eventually undertaken by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, who was just 30 when he won the commission with Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus in 1845.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2019

Some of the pieces were by relatively well-known composers like Josquin Desprez, Orlande de Lassus and Taverner, but the hit of the night was “Magnificat Primi Toni” by a Spaniard, Tomás Luis de Victoria.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2016

“It really helps to disconnect decision-making around employment and health care,” said Diahann W. Lassus, a fee-only financial planner at Lassus Wherley.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2013

There also I shall find a manuscript of the highest interest, and one which up to now has been almost unknown: it is the opus musicum magnum of Orlandus Lassus.

From Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End by Bache, Constance