Es ist ein Frag und große Klag
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Es ist ein Frag und große Klag by Lorenz Lemlin — Lyrics
About Es ist ein Frag und große Klag
Lorenz Lemlin's Es ist ein Frag und große Klag is a secular German part-song from the Renaissance period. This SATB setting expresses a clear social commentary on the changing times and the ostentatious display of wealth. The text laments how money leaves the land, replaced by an obsession with fine clothing. It contrasts the farmer, who now dresses like a burgher, and the burgher, who desires to dress like nobility, with the nobleman himself, who indulges in extravagant silks. The composer captures the spirit of the era with this multi-voiced commentary on societal values and material excess.