Arundel House
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Arundel House was a London town-house located between the Strand and the River Thames, near the Church of St Clement Danes.
Arundel House (viewed from the north), 1646 engraving by Adam Bierling after a drawing by its then occupant, Wenceslaus Hollar.
Spem in alium
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Spem in alium is a 40-part Renaissance motet by Thomas Tallis, composed in c. 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each. It is considered by some critics to be the greatest piece of English early music. H. B. Collins described it in 1929 as Tallis's "crowning achievement", along with his Lamentations.
Composer Thomas Tallis
The obscure origins of "Spem in alium" are strongly linked with the former Nonsuch Palace in Surrey
According to some accounts, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk commissioned the motet from Tallis.
Janet Cardiff's art installation, Forty Part Motet (2001) in the ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark