Tenebrae factae sunt, responsory for Good Friday for 6 voices, W. 7/51 Date: 1611 Composer: Carlo Gesualdo Period: Renaissance (1450-1599) Review The texts of the Tenebrae Responses for Holy Week are unquestionably some of the most affecting in the entire Catholic liturgy. Despite this, when Gesualdo came to compose his highly expressive works on the texts, there was literally no precedent. As if in timidity before words of such vast religious import, being the Passion, the few composers … [More]