lachrymose adjective
lach·ry·mose ˈla-krə-ˌmōs
1: given to tears or weeping: TEARFUL
tended to become lachrymose when he was drunk
2: tending to cause tears: MOURNFUL
a lachrymose drama
Another sleepless night, owing to the agony of relentless phantom pains lancing through a foot and ankle that burned (along with one of my very favorite tattoos, on the side of my lower-left calf) in a hospital medical-waste incinerator well over two years ago, has produced its silver lining: I was awake at three AM to hear the local classical station play this brilliant, spare arrangement for clarinet and piano of the Lacrimosa section of Mozart’s (and his pupil and friend Sussmayr’s) exquisite Requiem mass.
Simple, elegant, tuneful—just altogether lovely, no?
Yes, lovely. We sure are lucky to have that “local classical station” 🙂