Renaissance — Sacred & secular
Renaissance · 1565

Lamentations of Jeremiah

T. Tallis

Key
F
Time
C
Tempo
♩=50
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Five-voice setting of Lamentations text for Holy Week. Two parts (Lamentations I + II).

Teaching points

  • Holy Week liturgy
  • Hebrew letter incipits ('Aleph', 'Beth')
  • AO3: medieval-Renaissance interplay
Full score ↓Public domain

CPDL multiple eds, PD.

Topic T9Topic T1