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* the elegy (a/k/a epitaphium)--on the death of an individual, often a composer or monarch. | * the elegy (a/k/a epitaphium)--on the death of an individual, often a composer or monarch/royalty. | ||
* lover's laments: themes can include the lover's death, or abandonment by one's lover. | * lover's laments: themes can include the lover's death, or abandonment by one's lover. | ||
* religious: such as Jeremiah's Lamentations | * religious: such as Jeremiah's Lamentations |
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A lament or lamentation is a song, poem, or piece of music expressing grief, regret, or mourning. Many of the oldest poems in human history have been laments.
Subcategories include:
- the elegy (a/k/a epitaphium)--on the death of an individual, often a composer or monarch/royalty.
- lover's laments: themes can include the lover's death, or abandonment by one's lover.
- religious: such as Jeremiah's Lamentations
(See also the Wikipedia article on laments.)
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Pages in this category
The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total.
A
- A Dirge for Two Veterans (Gustav Holst)
- A morrer crucificado (Via Sacra) II (Traditional)
- A morrer crucificado (Via-Sacra) III (Traditional)
- Absalon, fili mi (Josquin des Prez)
- Airs sur les stances du Cid, H 457-459 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
- Ashes (Joseph Vu)
- Atvadu dziedājums (W mogile ciemnej) (Andris Solims (harm.))
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- David's Lament for Jonathan (Gustav Holst)
- David's Lamentation (William Billings)
- Death hath deprived me (Thomas Weelkes)
- Defunctum Charites (Jacob Regnart)
- Dido's tears (Antonio Politano)
- Do not stand at my grave (Joachim Kelecom)
- Dulces exuviae (Anonymous)
- Dum vastos Adriae fluctus (Jacquet de Mantua)