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"Spem in Alium" is the most beautiful piece of music in existence for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-ZAAi4UQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-ZAAi4UQ
by noddybear 1y ago
"Spem in Alium" is the most beautiful piece of music in existence for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-ZAAi4UQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-ZAAi4UQQ
At 40 distinct melodies, it is certainly the 'grandest' piece in early English church music.
- arduanika 1y agoYes! I had a chance to sing in this once. But it definitely suffers from every one of the reasons for obscurity listed in TFA, on steroids.
- dhosek 1y agoAs I recently commented on Bluesky, I want to write a contemporary choral setting of Spem in Alium (hope in another) but write the title Spem in Allium (hope in garlic) and see if it can make it to publication before anyone notices).