Thomas Tallis - Spem in Alium [Score]

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  • Опубликовано: 21 окт 2022
  • Performed by the The Tallis Scholars
    Note that this performance + score is a whole step higher than the original
    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.
    Text:
    Spem in alium nunquam habui
    Praeter in te, Deus Israel
    Qui irasceris et propitius eris
    et omnia peccata hominum
    in tribulatione dimittis
    Domine Deus
    Creator caeli et terrae
    respice humilitatem nostram.
    (I have never put my hope in any other
    but in You, O God of Israel
    who can show both anger and graciousness,
    and who absolves all the sins
    of suffering man
    Lord God,
    Creator of Heaven and Earth
    be mindful of our lowliness.)
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Комментарии • 16

  • @TenorCantusFirmus
    @TenorCantusFirmus 3 месяца назад +6

    Dante, which lived in the early 14th Century, said in his "Divine Comedy" in the Paradise he heard such beautiful music no words could have ever described it.
    I think he was getting a preview on Renaissance music, which for me is the absolute peak. I can't but imagine music like this being sung all the time in the Heavens.

  • @steveegallo3384
    @steveegallo3384 Год назад +8

    Celestial-beatific.....BRAVO from Acapulco!

  • @cybergoth2002
    @cybergoth2002 3 месяца назад +3

    good performance

  • @SerafinDrake
    @SerafinDrake 7 месяцев назад +2

    I'm reading the score and marveling at how much work went into this composition.
    I heard about a pick-up choir that decided to tackle "Spem in Alium." Either the story was apocryphal, or the choir was very brave, or consisted of musical geniuses.

    • @robt2778
      @robt2778 6 месяцев назад +4

      Actually I've sung this piece twice and one of those occasions was an ad hoc performance at Liverpool's Metropolitan (Catholic) Cathedral. The choir were doing a hymn/ sacred music marathon to raise money: if you donated you could choose the music. Someone offered a substantial amount for Spem in alium, which was not on the list, but it was a lot of money, so they decided they'd give it a go from scratch. There were insufficient singers in the choir to cover all 40 parts, one of the assistants organists remembered me mentioning that I'd sung the piece at music college and I was contacted and asked if I could participate. I had 40 minutes to get to the cathedral, quick look over my part ( bass, first choir) then sight singing all the way - a fantastic experience ( though to be fair the wall of sound is such that any small errors would go unnoticed)

    • @SerafinDrake
      @SerafinDrake 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@robt2778 - If I knew how to make a jawdrop emoticon on RUclips, I'd reply with it...

  • @conforzo
    @conforzo 9 месяцев назад +15

    "So how many parts do you want?"
    "Yes"

  • @calleres
    @calleres Месяц назад

    Amazing.

  • @fsquare6305
    @fsquare6305 Год назад +3

    groovy, ngl i like it

  • @ninoshkalopeztorres6929
    @ninoshkalopeztorres6929 Год назад +1

    Un verdadero canto angelical

  • @teresasobczyszyn9589
    @teresasobczyszyn9589 6 месяцев назад

    Piękne 👍

  • @RockStarOscarStern634
    @RockStarOscarStern634 10 месяцев назад +3

    Quite lush

  • @hammer_time_kim
    @hammer_time_kim 27 дней назад

    Hello, I am a student who wants to study classical music.
    Can I get the sheet music in this video as a PDF file??

    • @Maddenhawk
      @Maddenhawk  27 дней назад

      It's available here on IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/Spem_in_alium_nunquam_habui_(Tallis%2C_Thomas)