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The major services for which composers have always written music have been Mass (the Eucharist or Holy Communion service) and Vespers (Evening Prayer, also called Evensong), but there is an additional service of Compline (or night prayer), rarely seen outside of convents, monasteries, and college chapels. In late Mediaeval and Renaissance England, Sung Compline was a daily event at the chapels of colleges and of the nobility, and often composers wrote their best music for Compline, with the mix of chanted psalms and polyphonic hymns making for an intimate and soothing end to the day.
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St Joseph's Church, 143A Victoria St, Singapore 188020, Singapore
