MIDI Collection: "Tallis, Thomas - Spem in alium"

All 49 links below lead to a different midi file and are named appropriately. There is a link to the complete piece, including all 40 parts. There are also links to separate choirs, including five voices each, and then links to individual voice parts.

All midi files include the continuo part starting from bar 7 and all files start on bar 1. Most files, therefore, will have 7 bars of silence at the very beginning. This ensures that the same amount of time into each of the midi files (measured in seconds) represents the same point in the music.

Spem in Alium was written by Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), and probably first performed in 1570 or 1572.

Sincere thanks from thousands of singers must go to David Siu who sequenced all the notes for these file, presented here with his permission. Click here to visit David's midi page.