Spem In Alium

Spem in Alium is a forty-part motet composition by Thomas Tallis.

Related Topics:
Motet - Thomas Tallis

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The original lyrics and English translation for 'Spem in Alium' are as follows:

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Spem in alium numquam habui praeter in te

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Deus Israel

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qui irasceris

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et propitius eris

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et omnia peccata hominum in tribulatione dimittis

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Domine Deus

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Creator coeli et terra

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respice humilitatem nostram

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I have never put my hope in any other but in you

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God of Israel

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who will be angry

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and yet become again gracious

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and who forgives all the sins of suffering man

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Lord God

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Creator of Heaven and Earth

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look upon our lowliness

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A rendition of this motet is featured in Janet Cardiff's "Forty-Part Motet" (2001), an exhibition which is part of the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Related Topics:
Janet Cardiff - 2001 - National Gallery of Canada - Ottawa - Ontario - Canada

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The exhibit is set in the Rideau Street Chapel, which is the salvaged interior of a demolished school chapel that is now in permanent display at the National Gallery. Forty speakers are set around the Chapel, each one featuring a single voice of the forty-part choir. The result is a highly-enhanced stereophonic effect, as visitors may hear each individual voice through its corresponding speaker, or listen to the voices of the entire choir blending in together with varying intensities, as one moves around the Chapel.

Related Topics:
Rideau Street Chapel - Stereophonic

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