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How did Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina contrast the Hebrew and Latin sections of his Lamentations of Jeremiah?
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The Italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
In his Lamentations of Jeremiah, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina creates a distinct musical contrast between the Hebrew and Latin sections of the text. He sets the Hebrew portions in a melismatic, or floridly vocalized, style, while the Latin sections are composed in a simpler and more solemn manner.1