Jan 1 2001
Janet Cardiff creates "The Forty Part Motet"
Janet Cardiff creates "The Forty Part Motet"
The Forty Part Motet by Janet Cardiff The work is composed of 40 speakers, each playing one choral part of sixteenth century composer Thomas Tallis's pem in Alium Nunquam Habui (1556). The speakers are arranged in a large oval, and depending where the visitor stands, he or she can hear a single voice, harmonies, or all the voices unified into one note.