Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah I

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Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 - 1585):
LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH I

Thomas Tallis was an English organist and composer whose career spanned the reigns of four monarchs and a long period of religious change. He occupies a primary place in anthologies of English church music, and is considered among the most talented of England's early composers.

This is part one of his 'lamentations of Jeremiah', which sets to music verses 1-2 of Chapter 1 (Book of Lamentations).

0:06 Incipit lamentatio etc
1:13 Aleph. Quomodo sedet etc
3:24 Beth. Plorans ploravit etc
6:09 Ierusalem, convertere etc

Incipit lamentatio Ieremiae prophetae.

ALEPH. Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo! Facta est quasi vidua domina gentium; princeps provinciarum facta est sub tributo.

BETH. Plorans ploravit in nocte, et lacrimæ ejus in maxillis ejus: non est qui consoletur eam, ex omnibus caris ejus; omnes amici ejus spreverunt eam, et facti sunt ei inimici.

Ierusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum.

(Book of Lamentations 1:1-2)

Here begins the lamentation of Jeremiah the prophet.

A. How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the cities has become a vassal.

B. She weeps bitterly in the night, tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies.

Jerusalem, turn again to the Lord your God.

Link to part two of 'Lamentations of Jeremiah':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkcBLz9K2Sc

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