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Tags for this video have been changed from 'thomas, tallis, spem in alium, 40 part motet, audiosift' to 'thomas, tallis, spem in alium, 40 part motet, singing, choir, audiosift' - edited by calvados

Tags for this video have been changed from 'thomas, tallis, spem in alium, 40 part motet' to 'thomas, tallis, spem in alium, 40 part motet, audiosift' - edited by calvados

Reminds me of this one:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Janet-Cardiff-Virtual-Church-Choir-40-Part-Motet-030

But I needs me some queue space.

To free the Family Dog, please help me get the divine Ms. Baker or the 40 part motet to the front. There is absolutely no shame in upvoting a 40 part motet, furry as it sounds.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/06/AR2005120601697.html

From the WaPO:

Somewhere around the middle of the 16th century, the Tudor composer Thomas Tallis wrote his famous "Spem in Alium," in which 40 singers' voices spin out variations on an initial sacred theme. It is regarded as one of the most soul-stirring pieces of music ever written. It gets even better in "40 Part Motet," a riff on Tallis's work by sound artist Janet Cardiff. She completed it in 2001 and it's now on display in the reinstalled contemporary galleries at the Museum of Modern Art.

The premise is simple. Cardiff got the "gentlemen and boys" of an English cathedral choir to perform the Tallis composition. She recorded each voice with a separate microphone onto a separate track. At MoMA, Cardiff plays back all 40 channels through 40 speakers, arrayed at ear height on the periphery of a spacious room.