▁from ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Ten eb ra e ▁services , ▁especially ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁L ament ations ▁of ▁Jer em iah ▁the ▁Pro ph et . ▁The ▁many ▁settings ▁of ▁the ▁St ab at ▁M ater ▁or ▁musical ▁settings ▁of ▁say ings ▁of ▁Jesus ▁on ▁the ▁cross ▁are ▁also ▁commonly ▁performed . ▁ ▁The ▁reading ▁of ▁the ▁Pass ion ▁section ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁G osp els ▁during ▁Holy ▁Week ▁dates ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁century . ▁It ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁in ton ed ▁( r ather ▁than ▁just ▁spoken ) ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges , ▁at ▁least ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁century . ▁N inth - century ▁manuscript s ▁have ▁" l itter ae ▁signific ativ ae " ▁indicating ▁interpret ive ▁chant , ▁and ▁later ▁manuscript s ▁begin ▁to ▁specify ▁exact ▁notes ▁to ▁be ▁s ung . ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century , ▁different ▁sing ers ▁were ▁used ▁for ▁different ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁narr ative , ▁a ▁practice ▁which ▁became ▁fairly ▁universal ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century , ▁when ▁poly ph onic ▁settings ▁of ▁the ▁tur ba ▁pass ages ▁began ▁to ▁appear ▁also . ▁( T ur ba , ▁while ▁literally ▁meaning ▁" c row d ", ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁to ▁mean ▁any ▁passage ▁in ▁which ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁person ▁speak s ▁simultaneously .) ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁later ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁new ▁styles ▁began ▁to ▁emer ge : ▁ ▁Res p ons orial ▁Pass ions ▁set