Christopher Tye

Life

Born: 1505

Died: 1572

Biography:

The entry in Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (William Boyce) reads:

Christopher Tye, was born in the City of Westminster, and commenced a Batchelor in Music at Cambridge in 1537. He took his Degree of Doctor there in 1545, and was admitted in the same Year, a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. In 1548, he was also complimented with the last mentioned Degree, at Oxford.

He was possessed of great Skill both in the theoretical and praxtical Branches of his Profession. The Acts of the Apostles were translated by him into English Verse, and adapted to Sounds: He published them in 1553, with a Dedication to King Edward the Sixth.

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List of choral works

• For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Christopher Tye compositions

Latin works Ad te clamamus (Salve regina) Alleluia Per te Dei genitrix Gloria from The Mean Mass Gloria laus In pace Kyrie Orbis factor Laudate nomen Domini Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus Peccavimus cum patribus nostris

English works Actes of the Apostles In the foremer treatyse When that the fyftye daye was come Peter and John they toke their way When that the people taught they had A certayne man who was named In those dayes as the nombre playne Then sayde the chefe priest Is it so? The death of Steven dyd Saule comfort Saule breathing out threatnyngs abrode Then was there one Cornelius The apostles and brethren were glad And in that tyme Herode the Kyng At Antioche there dyd remayne It chaunced in Iconium A sound of angels Give almes of thy goods Hail, glorious spirits I lift my heart to thee I will exalt thee - See also Sing unto the Lord for Second Part If ye be risen again with Christ Lord, let thy servant (Nunc dimittis) Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in G minor O come, ye servants of the Lord O God, be merciful O God of Bethel O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace Sing unto the Lord - See also I will exalt thee The eternal gates lift up their heads

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Publications

• The Actes of the Apostles (1553) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

External links

• Essay on 'borrowing' in Tye's music by Philip Legge