Lamentations of Jeremiah--English?
  • SMR
    Posts: 13
    Would anybody know where I could find an English version of the Lamentations of Jeremiah for Maundy Thursday Tenebrae set to the traditional chant tone? I am aware of the English "Sarum Use" Tenebrae book that is available online, but the melody for the Lamentations is different than in the Roman Rite. Thanks!
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,216
    Have a look at page 14 in this booklet which I transcribed a few years ago. I don't know if it's the traditional tone or something else.
    https://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/uploads/FileUpload/78/02ef182dbeabcaa7773893368b1929.pdf
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  • eft94530eft94530
    Posts: 1,577
    USA Dominicans Western Province (St Albert Priory) have used English.
    Dont recall provenance of melodies. Ditto texts.
  • nun_34nun_34
    Posts: 68
    I have never heard the Lamentations sung, but when eft mentioned the Dominicans I recalled coming across these in a file drawer a few years ago. They were put together by one of our friars from the Eastern Province.

    I scanned the 4th page twice by mistake.
    Lamentations.pdf
    1M
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