Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet

The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet have been set by various composers. == Renaissance == === England === 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)".

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