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Weep Great Tears from Your Eyes

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The composer Desprez wrote his Deploration in 1497, and dedicated it to Johannes Ockeghem , a composer whose work he had loved dearly. It is a piece of ethereal beauty and expresses the sense of loss a musician feels when the voice of another composerfalls silent. Musician and composer
Harvey Brough introduces the music, and explores the feelings and the story behind it. Producer Marilyn Imrie (R)

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Unknown:
Johannes Ockeghem
Introduces:
Harvey Brough
Producer:
Marilyn Imrie
Source: Radio Times

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