Which work was created first, Manon Lescaut or La liberazione di Ruggiero?
Manon Lescaut Manon Lescaut ("L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut") is a novel by French author Abbé Prévost. Published in 1731, it is the seventh and final volume of "Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité" ("Memoirs and Adventures of a Man of Quality"). It was controversial in its time and was banned in France upon publication. Despite this, it became very popular and pirated editions were widely distributed. In a subsequent 1753 edition, the Abbé Prévost toned down some scandalous details and injected more moralizing disclaimers.
Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales The Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales is the first of two settings of the Ordinary of the Mass by Josquin des Prez using the famous "L'homme armé" tune as their cantus firmus source material (for the other, presumed later, setting see Missa "L'homme armé" sexti toni). The setting is for four voices. It was the most famous mass Josquin composed, surviving in numerous manuscripts and print editions. The earliest printed collection of music devoted to a single composer, the "Misse Josquin" published by Ottaviano Petrucci in 1502, begins with this famous work.