Figure 15

Orlandus Lassus' preface addressed to Stefano Gentile, his first patron; table of contents of Lassus' debut. © Berlin, Staatsbibliothek.

Earlier in the year (1555) Susato had released this volume under the title Le quatoirsiesme livre a quatre parties in Antwerp, as the last volume in a series of four-part chansons.