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Spem in alium (Latin for "Hope in any other") is a 40-part Renaissance motet by Thomas Tallis, composed in c. 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each. It is considered by some critics to be the greatest piece of English early music. H. B. Collins described it in 1929 as Tallis's "crowning achievement", along with his Lamentations. [1]
Thomas Tallis (/ ˈ t æ l ɪ s /; [2] also Tallys or Talles; c. 1505 – 23 November 1585 [n 1]) was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music .
The Tallis Festival was an annual music festival based on the work of the composer Thomas Tallis. It was hosted by Exmoor Singers of London from 1990 to 2017. [ 1 ] The festival usually included Thomas Tallis's Spem in alium for 40-part choir, but in addition commissioned new works by modern composers . [ 1 ]
Thomas Tallis, 18th-century engraving; a posthumous, invented portrait [1] by Gerard Vandergucht This is a list of compositions by the English composer Thomas Tallis (c. 1505–1585). Masses
"If ye love me" is a four-part motet or anthem by the English composer Thomas Tallis, a setting of a passage from the Gospel of John. First published in 1565 during the reign of Elizabeth I, it is an example of Tudor music and is part of the repertoire of Anglican church music. An early English-language motet, it is frequently performed today ...
In the Opening Statement of the full theme, beginning in the 15th bar, the two orchestras and solo quartet come together. The first two Tallis phrases and sway motif are played on all second violins, violas and celli continuing into a 6 8 section in Phrygian mode for the third and fourth phrases of Tallis’ theme. [26]
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In 2021 Short and Tenebrae worked with the Self-Isolation Choir on Thomas Tallis's 40-part Spem in alium. The Tenebrae singers recorded each of the 40 parts, and Short conducted 40 rehearsals of 90 minutes, broadcast live on Youtube and available for choir members to watch again, in July and August.