| Spem in alium | |
|---|---|
| by Thomas Tallis | |
 Composer Thomas Tallis | |
| English | "I have never put my hope in any other but in Thee, God of Israel" |
| Genre | Renaissance Choral music |
| Form | Motet |
| Text | Matins responsory from the Sarum Rite |
| Language | Latin |
| Composed | c. 1556/1570 |
| Scoring | 40 voices a cappella |
Spem in alium (Latin for "Hope in any other") 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.[1]