Roland de Lassus
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Historical figure.
Roland de Lassus (ca. 1532 - 14 june 1594) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lasso 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.
He was also known as : Roland Delattre / Orlande de Lassus (french), Orlandus Lassus (latin), Orlando di Lasso (italian), Orland/o Lasso (german).
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Sherlock Holmes lost himself in a monograph which he had undertaken upon the Polyphonic Motets of Lassus (BRUC 780).
- After the case, Sherlock Holmes returned refreshed to his monograph upon the Polyphonic Motets of Lassus, which has since been printed for private circulation, and is said by experts to be the last word upon the subject (BRUC 904).
