Book of Lamentations
Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" was composed in 1942. "Jeremiah" is a programmatic work, following the Biblical story of the prophet Jeremiah. The third movement uses texts from the Book of Lamentations in the Hebrew Bible, sung by a mezzo-soprano. The work won the New York Music Critics' Circle Award for the best American work of 1944.