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Spem in Alium
Thomas Tallis's Spem in alium is a Latin motet for forty independent voices, arranged as eight choirs of five parts each. Probably composed in the late sixteenth century, it sets a prayer adapted from the Book of Judith. The music passes material among separate choirs, builds large antiphonal exchan...
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The top alternative to Spem in Alium in 2026 is Missa Papae Marcelli with a score of 9.2/10, followed by Officium Defunctorum (Victoria) (9.2) and Missa Pange Lingua (Josquin) (9.2).
Missa Papae Marcelli
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli is a six-voice setting of the Latin Mass Ordinary, published in...
Officium Defunctorum (Victoria)
Tomás Luis de Victoria's Officium Defunctorum is a collection of music for the Catholic Office and Mass for the Dead, pu...
Missa Pange Lingua (Josquin)
Josquin des Prez's Missa Pange lingua is a four-voice setting of the Mass Ordinary based on the plainsong hymn Pange lin...
Ave Maria... virgo serena (Josquin)
Ave Maria... virgo serena is a four-voice Latin motet by Josquin des Prez, probably composed during the late fifteenth c...
Motets BWV 225-230 (Bach)
The motets BWV 225-230 are six choral works traditionally grouped under Johann Sebastian Bach's name, although the authe...
Sicut Cervus
Sicut cervus is a four-voice Latin motet by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, first published in the sixteenth century....
O Magnum Mysterium (Victoria)
O magnum mysterium is a four-voice Latin motet by the Spanish Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria, published in...
Mass for Five Voices (Byrd)
William Byrd's Mass for Five Voices is an unaccompanied Latin setting of the Ordinary of the Mass, probably composed dur...
Missa Prolationum (Ockeghem)
Johannes Ockeghem's Missa Prolationum is a Renaissance polyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary, probably composed in the...
Mass for Four Voices (Byrd)
William Byrd's Mass for Four Voices is an unaccompanied Latin setting of the Ordinary of the Mass, probably composed dur...
Tenebrae Responsories (Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo's Tenebrae Responsories are three sets of sacred vocal works published in 1611 for the services of Maundy...
Penitential Psalms (Lasso)
The Penitential Psalms by Orlando di Lasso are Renaissance polyphonic settings of the seven psalms traditionally associa...
Lux Aeterna (Ligeti)
Lux Aeterna is an unaccompanied choral work composed by György Ligeti in 1966 for a mixed choir divided into 16 independ...
Missa L'homme armé (Dufay)
Guillaume Dufay's Missa L'homme armé is a Renaissance polyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary, probably composed during...
Nesciens mater (Mouton)
Nesciens mater is a Latin motet by the French Renaissance composer Jean Mouton, setting a Marian text about the Virgin g...
Cantiones Sacrae (Byrd)
William Byrd's Cantiones Sacrae are two printed collections of Latin motets published in 1589 and 1591. Written chiefly...
Magnum Opus Musicum (Lassus)
Magnum Opus Musicum is a posthumous collection of 516 motets by the Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso, also known as...
Media vita in morte sumus (Gombert)
Media vita in morte sumus is a sacred motet by the Renaissance composer Nicolas Gombert, setting the Latin antiphon whos...
Cantiones Sacrae (Tallis)
Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur is a 1575 collection of Latin motets jointly published by English composers...
O Bone Jesu (Palestrina)
"O Bone Jesu" is a Renaissance motet attributed to Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594), a composer central t...
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