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Spem in alium nunquam habui. Thomas Tallis. a cappella , but may be accompanied by an organ thorough bass ad libitum. Sacred , Motet. Language. Latin. 8 choirs SATBarB.Translation
Spem in alium nunquam habui. Thomas Tallis. a cappella , but may be accompanied by an organ thorough bass ad libitum. Sacred , Motet. Language. Latin. 8 choirs SATBarB.Original
One of a very small number of extant 40–part motets dating from the 16th Century, another being Alessandro Striggio Sr's Ecce beatam lucem. N.B. This motet is not the source for Palestrina's Missa Spem in alium , published almost contemporaneously in 1570. Palestrina's parody mass is based on a 4–part motet with a similar text, by Jacquet of Mantua. Jacques Colebault. , dating from 1539.Translation
One of a very small number of extant 40–part motets dating from the 16th Century, another being Alessandro Striggio Sr's Ecce beatam lucem. N.B. This motet is not the source for Palestrina's Missa Spem in alium , published almost contemporaneously in 1570. Palestrina's parody mass is based on a 4–part motet with a similar text, by Jacquet of Mantua. Jacques Colebault. , dating from 1539.Popular requests