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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.
A lament or lamentation is a work expressing grief, regret, or mourning. Many of the oldest poems in human history have been laments, and a rich tradition of musical settings has followed.
 
Subcategories include:
* the <b>composer elegy</b> (a/k/a epitaphium)
* the <b>royalty elegy</b> (often a monarch)
* the <b>lover's lament</b> on themes including the lover's death, or abandonment by one's lover
* the <b>religious lament</b>, such as [[Lamentations of Jeremiah|Jeremiah's Lamentations]]
 
<b>This page is intended to focus on secular laments</b>, due to the large number of religious laments. Please see some original discussion on [[Talk:Musae Iovis (Nicolas Gombert)|this page]], and use [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category_talk:Laments this talk page] to continue further discussion regarding whether a section for religious laments (and therefore separation of Laments) is warranted.


Subcategories include the elegy (a/k/a epitaphium), often on the death of a composer or monarch.


<font style="font-size:85%">(See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lament Wikipedia article] on laments.)</font>
<font style="font-size:85%">(See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lament Wikipedia article] on laments.)</font>

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A lament or lamentation is a work expressing grief, regret, or mourning. Many of the oldest poems in human history have been laments, and a rich tradition of musical settings has followed.

Subcategories include:

  • the composer elegy (a/k/a epitaphium)
  • the royalty elegy (often a monarch)
  • the lover's lament on themes including the lover's death, or abandonment by one's lover
  • the religious lament, such as Jeremiah's Lamentations

This page is intended to focus on secular laments, due to the large number of religious laments. Please see some original discussion on this page, and use this talk page to continue further discussion regarding whether a section for religious laments (and therefore separation of Laments) is warranted.


(See also the Wikipedia article on laments.)

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