Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder, Laboravi in gemitu meo. Ferrabosco, an Italian, spent many years in England in the 1560s and 70s. His sacred music is mainly preserved in English sources. In Laboravi (a verse from a penitential psalm), he gives full rein to lamenting effects: falling melodic lines, use of mainly minor chords, suspensions, passing dissonances, diminished harmonies and frequent excursions into a darker (flatter) key.