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Thomas Tallis set the first lesson, and second lesson, of Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday between 1560, and 1569: "when the practice of making musical settings of the Holy Week readings from the Book of Jeremiah enjoyed a brief and distinguished flowering in England (the practice had developed on the continent during the early 15th century)".
The lamentations of Jeremiah are depicted in this 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld. The traditional ascription of authorship to Jeremiah derives from the impetus to ascribe all biblical books to inspired biblical authors, and Jeremiah being a prophet at the time who prophesied its demise was an obvious choice. [3]
Threni: id est Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae, usually referred to simply as Threni, is a musical setting by Igor Stravinsky of verses from the Book of Lamentations in the Latin of the Vulgate, for solo singers, chorus and orchestra.
Rather than setting the lessons as prescribed by the liturgy of Tenebrae, the Latin text is freely selected from the Book of Lamentations. Lasting about ten minutes, the work is in three movements: O vos omnes , Ego vir videns and Recordare, Domine , drawn respectively from chapters 1, 3 & 5.
O vos omnes is a responsory, originally sung as part of Roman Catholic liturgies for Holy Week, and now often sung as a motet.The text is adapted from the Latin Vulgate translation of Lamentations 1:12.
Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 Jeremiah was composed in 1942. Jeremiah is a programmatic work, following the Biblical story of the prophet Jeremiah. The third movement uses texts from the Book of Lamentations in the Hebrew Bible, sung by a mezzo-soprano. The work won the New York Music Critics' Circle Award for the best American work of ...
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Lamentations of Jeremiah I; Lamentations of Jeremiah II; Laudate Dominum; Loquebantur variis linguis (Responsory for Vespers) Miserere Nostri; O Nata Lux De Lumine (Hymn for Lauds) O Sacrum Convivium Antiphon for Magnificat) O Salutaris Hostia; Quod Chorus Vatum (Vespers hymn) Salvator Mundi (two versions) Salve intemerata virgo (Votive antiphon)