Orlando di Lasso was a 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 genre, which gave him unprecedented popularity throughout Europe. 1532 – June 14, 1594; died at about 62. Alive at the same time as William Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Francis Bacon. Wiki link