Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis

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Pax vobiscum!

First off, let me say that this, along with the Lamentations of Jeremiah, is the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard in my life. So, my question is this. Does anyone know when this song is used at Mass? Which feastday, Sunday, Holy Day, ect.

In Christ,
Rand
 
I don’t think it is for any specific day…it is more like a devotional piece.

Have you heard his O Salutaris Hostia?
 
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I don’t believe I have. To my knowledge, I’ve only heard the plainsong O Salutaris Hostia.

In Christ,
Rand
 
Rand_Al_Thor said:
Pax vobiscum!

First off, let me say that this, along with the Lamentations of Jeremiah, is the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard in my life. So, my question is this. Does anyone know when this song is used at Mass? Which feastday, Sunday, Holy Day, ect.

In Christ,
Rand
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It is a motet, which is a sacred work that has no specific function in the liturgy (i.e. a proper or ordinary). It would be good prelude music during Advent or Lent. It would also be good during communion during those times, or at funerals or in the last days of ordinary time. It’s a beautiful piece- when it is sung correctly. It is a very difficult piece to perform- requiring several singers who are both good soloists and good choral singers. The choir has to be chosen specifically for this piece- no other piece has the same part structure, that I know of. I suspect it is a hard piece to conduct too. I have links to information about it in my signature- as well as sheet music and MIDI files- if anyone wants it.
 
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It is a very difficult piece to perform- requiring several singers who are both good soloists and good choral singers. The choir has to be chosen specifically for this piece- no other piece has the same part structure, that I know of. I suspect it is a hard piece to conduct too. I have links to information about it in my signature- as well as sheet music and MIDI files- if anyone wants it.
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It in fact requires 40 soloists who can also function as an ensemble, as it is a motet in 40 parts, a unique tour de force in all of music. There was a Renaissance conducting style that did not assume fixed measures, and I assume that is what would be used even in such an extravagant case.
 
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