Leçons de ténèbres

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Leçons de ténèbres is a set of Baroque sacred vocal pieces for Holy Week, renowned for their expressive intensity and ornate French style.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque music ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
sacred vocal music ⓘ
accompaniment basso continuo ⓘ
harpsichord ⓘ
organ ⓘ
viola da gamba ⓘ
associatedWith French Baroque vocal ornamentation ⓘ
devotional practice ⓘ
expressive intensity ⓘ
ornate melodic lines ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
genre Baroque ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
vocal music ⓘ
hasPart Leçons de ténèbres pour le Jeudy Saint ⓘ
Leçons de ténèbres pour le Mercredy Saint ⓘ
Leçons de ténèbres pour le Vendredy Saint ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
language French ⓘ
liturgicalUse Holy Week ⓘ
Tenebrae ⓘ
notableComposerOfType François Couperin ⓘ
Marc-Antoine Charpentier ⓘ
Michel Lambert ⓘ
Nicolas Bernier ⓘ
performanceContext church ⓘ
concert performance ⓘ
private chapel ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
stylisticOrigin French Baroque ⓘ
textLanguage Latin ⓘ
textSource Book of Lamentations ⓘ
linked to: Lamentations
textType lament ⓘ
liturgical text ⓘ
theme meditation on the Passion of Christ ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
sorrow ⓘ
typicalOccasion Good Friday ⓘ
Holy Saturday ⓘ
Maundy Thursday ⓘ
typicalStructure series of lessons ⓘ
setting of Hebrew letters as vocal solos ⓘ
vocalForces solo voice ⓘ
two solo voices ⓘ
vocalStyle French Baroque declamation ⓘ
highly ornamented singing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier → notableWork → Leçons de ténèbres ⓘ
Leçons de ténèbres → hasPart → Leçons de ténèbres pour le Mercredy Saint ⓘ
linked to: Leçons de ténèbres
Leçons de ténèbres → hasPart → Leçons de ténèbres pour le Jeudy Saint ⓘ
linked to: Leçons de ténèbres
François Couperin → notableWork → Leçons de ténèbres ⓘ