Those by Couperin are for two high vocalists and basso continuo. They are composed of three lessons (two other sets of three for Thursday and Friday having been lost).[2] Each Latin verse is preceded by a melisma on the first letter of the Hebrew text. The first two were composed for one single voice, while the third was written for two voices. This last Leçon, where the two voices perform superb appoggiatura, ornaments, dissonances and vocalizing, is considered one of the undisputed peaks of Baroque vocal music.
A 1954 recording of these works serves as the theme music for the 1968 film Phèdre, featuring Marie Bell. The recording, conducted by Laurence Boulay, was released on the French label Erato.
^"Je ne donne à présent que les trois du premier jour, n'ayant pas assez de temps d'ici Carème pour faire graver les six autres" Couperin's preface of his three Leçons de Ténèbres pour le Mercedi Saint. – Laurence Boulay.[clarification needed]
leçons, ténèbres, couperin, leçons, ténèbres, pour, mercredi, saint, tenebrae, readings, holy, wednesday, series, three, vocal, pieces, composed, françois, couperin, liturgies, holy, week, 1714, abbaye, royale, longchamp, couperin, leçons, ténèbres, latin, tex. The Lecons de tenebres pour le mercredi saint Tenebrae Readings for Holy Wednesday are a series of three vocal pieces composed by Francois Couperin for the liturgies of Holy Week 1714 at the Abbaye royale de Longchamp 1 Couperin s Lecons de tenebres use the Latin text of the Old Testament Book of Lamentations in which Jeremiah deplores the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians Musical settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet were common in the Renaissance famous polyphonic examples being those by Thomas Tallis Tomas Luis de Victoria Lassus and Carlo Gesualdo Lecons de tenebres were a particular French subgenre of this music with other similar settings being composed by Marc Antoine Charpentier Michel Delalande and others Those by Couperin are for two high vocalists and basso continuo They are composed of three lessons two other sets of three for Thursday and Friday having been lost 2 Each Latin verse is preceded by a melisma on the first letter of the Hebrew text The first two were composed for one single voice while the third was written for two voices This last Lecon where the two voices perform superb appoggiatura ornaments dissonances and vocalizing is considered one of the undisputed peaks of Baroque vocal music A 1954 recording of these works serves as the theme music for the 1968 film Phedre featuring Marie Bell The recording conducted by Laurence Boulay was released on the French label Erato See also EditTenebraeReferences Edit Sadie Baroque Music full citation needed Je ne donne a present que les trois du premier jour n ayant pas assez de temps d ici Careme pour faire graver les six autres Couperin s preface of his three Lecons de Tenebres pour le Mercedi Saint Laurence Boulay clarification needed External links EditLecons de tenebres Scores at the International Music Score Library Project Portals nbsp Classical music nbsp Music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lecons de tenebres Couperin amp oldid 1174616649, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
