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Revision as of 18:37, 23 June 2016
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.
View the Wikipedia article on Christopher Tye.
List of choral works
- For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Christopher Tye compositions
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Publications
- The Actes of the Apostles (1553) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)