Lamento, lamento |

ital. – complaint, mournful song

The designation of music of a mournful, mournful, sad nature. Usually L. is a complete wok.-instr. prod. small scale, associated with the embodiment in music of poetic. complaints. In the 17-18 centuries. L. in the form of solo arias or scenes were often included in opera compositions, where they were located before the turning point of the action. The earliest example is L. Ariadne from Monteverdi’s opera of the same name (1608). L. Dido from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Purcell (1691) gained great fame in its time. We can talk about certain genre features of such L. Among them is the downward direction of movement of the melody, repeating bass (basso ostinato) both in the passacaglia and chaconne, often in the form of chromatic. descent to a fourth, certain rhythmic. formulas and instrumentation. Wok. L. were also used in the madrigal and cantata, especially in the 17th century. Name L. also found in instr. Western European music, where cook is used equivalent name. “tombeau” (see “Tombstone”) and “plainte” (French, lit. – complaint), sometimes denotes a sad instr. an introduction or intermission in an opera.

References: Konen V., Theater and Symphony, M., 1968, 1975; her own, Claudio Monteverdi, M., 1971, p. 220-23; Epstein P., Dichtung und Musik in Montevcrdis “Lamento d’Arianna”, “ZfMw”, 1927-28, v. 10, no 4; Westrup JA, Monteverdi’s “Lamento d’Arianna”, “MR”, 1940, v. I, No 2; Schneider M., Klagelieder des Volkes in der Kunstmusik der italienischen Ars nova, “AMl”, 1961, v. 23; Laade W., Die Struktur der Korsischen Lamento-Melodik, in Sammlung Musikwissenschaftliches Abhandlungen 43, Stras.-Baden-Baden, 1962.

I. M. Yampolsky