Prophetiae Sibyllarum ("Sibylline Prophecies" or "Sibylline Oracles") are a series of twelve motets by the Franco-Flemish composer Orlande de Lassus. The works are known for their extremely chromaticism. The Delphic Sibyl may have been related to the well-known Oracle at Delphi. The sibyl was the sister (or daughter) of Apollo.
Orlande de Lassus (1532 (possibly 1530) – 14 June 1594) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the lateRenaissance. He is today considered to be the chief representative of the mature polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish school, and one of the two most famous and influential musicians in Europe at the end...
