Editing Carpentras (composer) (section)

{{Short description|French composer}}
[[Image:Carpentras lamentations.jpg|thumb|Parchment manuscript showing the polyphonic setting by Carpentras of the [[Lamentations of Jeremiah]].  This was presented to [[Pope Clement VII]] around 1524.|400px]]

'''Carpentras''' (also Elzéar Genet, Eliziari Geneti) (ca. 1470 &ndash; June 14, 1548) was a French composer of the [[Renaissance music|Renaissance]].  He was famous during his lifetime, and was especially notable for his settings of the [[Lamentations (music)|Lamentations]] which remained in the repertory of the [[Papal Choir]] throughout the 16th century.  In addition, he was probably the most prominent [[Avignon]] musician since the time of the [[ars subtilior]] at the end of the 14th century.