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Publications

Mixed Publications

Name	Genre	Voices	First Publication	Notes
Le quatoirsiesme livre a 4 parties	Mixed	4	1555	Lasso's first publication, commonly referred to as "Opus 1". Contains 12 madrigals and 6 each of villanelles, chansons, and motets.
Viersprachendruck	Mixed	4, 8	1573	Known as the "Four-Language Print," this publication contains 6 each of motets, lieder, chansons, and madrigals.
Madrigali a 4 voci, libro primo	Madrigal	4	1560	Lasso's first and only book of madrigals for 4 voices.
Primo libro di madrigali a 5 voci	Madrigal	5	1555
Secondo libro di madrigali a 5 voci	Madrigal	5	1557
Terzo libro di madrigali a 5 voci	Madrigal	5	1563
Libro quarto de madrigali a 5 voci	Madrigal	5	1567
Madrigali: novamente compostia a 5 voci	Madrigal	5	1583
Lagrime di San Pietro	Spiritual Madrigal	7	1595	Lasso's final work, completed just before his death in 1595.
Libro de villanelle, moresche, ed altre canzoni	Villanelle	4-8	1581
Premier livre des chansons a 4 et 5 parties	Chanson	4-5	Pre-1570
Second livre des chansons a 4 et 5 parties	Chanson	4-5	Pre-1570	Contrary to its name, the majority of this publication is dedicated to Italian madrigals.
Tiers livre des chansons a 4, 5, et 6 parties	Chanson	4-6	Pre-1570
Quatriesme livre des chansons a 4 et 5 parties	Chanson	4-5	Pre-1570
Nouvelles chansons a 4 parties, le premier livre	Chanson	4	1566
Etliche auserlesne kürtze gute geistliche und weltliche Liedlein mit 4 Stimmen	Chanson	4	1582	A book of pre-existing chansons re-set to German texts.
Neue teütsche Liedlein mit 5 Stimmen	Lieder	5	1567	Lasso's first book of lieder.
Der ander Theil teutscher Lieder mit 5 Stimmen	Lieder	5	1572	Lasso's second book of lieder.
Der dritte Teil schöner, neuer, teutscher Lieder (…) mit 5 Stimmen	Lieder	5	1576	Lasso's third book of lieder.
Fuerstlichen Bayrischen Cappellenmeisters Teutsche Lieder mit 5 Stimmen	Lieder	5	1583	Lasso's first three books of lieder combined.
Neue teutsche Lieder, geistlich und weltlich mit 4 Stimmen	Lieder	4	1583	Lasso's fourth book of lieder.
Neue teutsche, und etliche frantzösische Gesäng mit 6 Stimmen	Lieder	6	1590	Lasso's last book of lieder, which also included some French chansons.
Teutsche Psalmen: geistliche Psalmen mit 3 Stimmen	Sacred Lieder	3	1588	A book of 3-voice German Psalms.
Psalmi Davidis Poenitentialis	Sacred Motet	2-6	1584	A setting of the Penitential Psalms of David.
Hieremiæ prophetæ lamentationes, et aliæ piæ cantiones	Sacred Motet	5	1585	Contains Lasso's 5-voice setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah in addition to several other motets. A 4-voice setting of the same text also exists in manuscript form, written c.1588.
Cantiones sacrae	Sacred Motet	6	1594
Prophetiae Sibyllarum	Sacred-ish Motet	4	1600	A set of unusually chromatic motets in praise of the 12 Sibyls (Greek prophetesses), published after Lasso's death. According to a date written on the autograph manuscript, they were likely composed sometime before 1560.
Magnum opus musicum	Sacred Motet	2-12	1604	An enormous posthumous publication consisting of 514 of Lasso's collected motets, a large portion of his sacred output. Link is to IMSLP article.

Modern editions

• Sämtliche Werke (Haberl et al., 1894–1927)
• Complete Motets RRRM
• Sämtliche Werke neue Reihe (Bärenreiter, 1956–95)