The Influence of the Jesuits on the Passion Music of Orlando di Lasso

dc.contributor.advisorWexler, Richarden_US
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Nicholas Deanen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMusicen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-12T05:33:08Z
dc.date.available2006-09-12T05:33:08Z
dc.date.issued2006-08-30en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the four Passion settings of Orlando di Lasso, composed between 1575 and 1582, which have largely been ignored by music scholars. Scholars have recognized that a dramatic compositional shift occurred between the second and third settings, but have provided no cogent explanation for the change. Most reasons given revolve around the Council of Trent, which held its final session in 1563. However, a consideration of the history and religious contexts of the works discloses other, possibly better explanations. I propose that the primary influence leading to Lasso's compositional shift was the liturgical reform initiated by his employer, Duke Wilhelm V, and enforced by the Jesuit priest Walram Tumler. These reforms had a profound effect on all facets of worship in Bavaria, most notably music. Recognizing the influence of the Jesuits on Lasso's music makes it possible to understand the composer's dramatic change in style.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/3703
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMusicen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHistory, Europeanen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledOrlando di Lassoen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledJesuitsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWilhelm Ven_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPassionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWalram Tumleren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCounter Reformationen_US
dc.titleThe Influence of the Jesuits on the Passion Music of Orlando di Lassoen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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