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Sacred Music of Devotion #classicalmusic #renaissance — Motet for 40 Voices in Eight 5-Part Choirs, P 299 (after 1559): Spem in alium — Tallis, Thomas (c1505-1585) — http://tinyurl.com/mvxhfa
Spem in alium numquam
habui praeter in te
Deus Israel
qui irasceris
et propitius eris
et omnia peccata hominum
in tribulatione dimittis
Domine Deus
Creator coeli 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.
†
[Text: Responsory Motet for Matins, based on the Book of Judith]
A 1611 letter written by the law student Thomas Wateridge contains the following anecdote:
In Queene Elizabeths time there was a songe sent into England of 30 parts (whence the Italians obteyned the name to be called the Apices of the world) which beeinge songe mad[e] a heavenly Harmony. The Duke of — bearing a great love to Musicke asked whether none of our English men could sett as good a songe, & Tallice beinge very skillfull was felt to try whether he would undertake the Matter, which he did and mad[e] one of 40 p[ar]ts which was songe in the longe gallery at Arundell house which so farre surpassed the other th[a]t the Duke hearinge of the songe tooke his chayne of gold from of his necke & putt yt about Tallice his necke & gave yt him.
Allowing the "30" to be a mistake, the Italian song referred to is either the 40-part motet Ecce beatam lucem or the 40-60 voice mass Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno, both by Alessandro Striggio, who is known to have visited London in June 1567 after a trip through Europe during which he arranged other performances of Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno.
Spem in alium numquam
habui praeter in te
Deus Israel
qui irasceris
et propitius eris
et omnia peccata hominum
in tribulatione dimittis
Domine Deus
Creator coeli 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.
†
[Text: Responsory Motet for Matins, based on the Book of Judith]
A 1611 letter written by the law student Thomas Wateridge contains the following anecdote:
In Queene Elizabeths time there was a songe sent into England of 30 parts (whence the Italians obteyned the name to be called the Apices of the world) which beeinge songe mad[e] a heavenly Harmony. The Duke of — bearing a great love to Musicke asked whether none of our English men could sett as good a songe, & Tallice beinge very skillfull was felt to try whether he would undertake the Matter, which he did and mad[e] one of 40 p[ar]ts which was songe in the longe gallery at Arundell house which so farre surpassed the other th[a]t the Duke hearinge of the songe tooke his chayne of gold from of his necke & putt yt about Tallice his necke & gave yt him.
Allowing the "30" to be a mistake, the Italian song referred to is either the 40-part motet Ecce beatam lucem or the 40-60 voice mass Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno, both by Alessandro Striggio, who is known to have visited London in June 1567 after a trip through Europe during which he arranged other performances of Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno.