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==Life==
==Life==
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*Arise O Lord and hear ({{NoCo|Salvator mundi I}}; see also ''With all our hearts'')
*Arise O Lord and hear ({{NoCo|Salvator mundi I}}; see also ''With all our hearts'')
*{{NoCo|Blessed be thy name}} ({{NoCo|Mihi autem nimis}})
*{{NoCo|Blessed be thy name}} ({{NoCo|Mihi autem nimis}})
*{{NoCo|Discomfit them, O Lord}} ({{NoCo|Absterge Domine}})
*Forgive me, Lord, my sin ({{NoCo|Absterge Domine}})
*{{NoCo|I call and cry to thee, O Lord}} ({{NoCo|O sacrum convivium}})
*{{NoCo|I call and cry to thee, O Lord}} ({{NoCo|O sacrum convivium}})
*O God, be merciful ({{NoCo|Absterge Domine}})
*O praise the Lord ({{NoCo|O salutaris hostia}})
*O sacred and holy banquet ({{NoCo|O sacrum convivium}})
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*{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia (contrafactum of O nata lux)|O salutaris hostia}} ({{NoCo|O nata lux}})
*{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia (contrafactum of O nata lux)|O salutaris hostia}} ({{NoCo|O nata lux}})
*{{NoCo|Out of the deep}} (modern contrafactum of {{NoCo|Fond youth is a bubble}}, also used for ''Purge me O Lord'')
*{{NoCo|Out of the deep}} (modern contrafactum of {{NoCo|Fond youth is a bubble}}, also used for ''Purge me O Lord'')
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*{{NoCo|Purge me, O Lord, from all my sin}} ({{NoCo|Fond youth is a bubble}})
*{{NoCo|Purge me, O Lord, from all my sin}} ({{NoCo|Fond youth is a bubble}})
*''Sing and glorify heaven’s high Majesty'' ({{NoCo|Spem in alium}})
*''Sing and glorify heaven’s high Majesty'' ({{NoCo|Spem in alium}})
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:4. Responses to Commandments<br>
:4. Responses to Commandments<br>
:5. Creed<br>
:5. Creed<br>
::   Offertorie after the Creede: "Not every one that sayeth" [spurious]<br>
:: Offertorie after the Creede: "Not every one that sayeth" [spurious]<br>
:6. Sanctus<br>
:6. Sanctus<br>
:7. Gloria<br>
:7. Gloria<br>
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=====The Choral Service=====
=====The Choral Service=====
*1st Preces (5vv) {{NoCo|Preces and Responses}}
*{{NoCo|Preces and Responses}} (transmitted in 2 versions: '1st Preces' for 5vv & '2nd Preces' for 4vv)
*2nd Preces (4vv) {{NoCo|Preces and Responses}}
*Psalm CXIX
*Psalm CXIX
#Wherewith all shall a young man
#Wherewith all shall a young man
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#My soul cleaves to the dust
#My soul cleaves to the dust
*{{NoCo|Litany}} O God the Father
*{{NoCo|Litany}} O God the Father
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=====Other service music=====
*Te Deum a 5 'for meanes'
*Te Deum a 5 'for meanes'
*Benedictus [4 unmixed voices]
*Benedictus [4 unmixed voices]
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8. {{NoCo|God grant with grace}} L.M.
8. {{NoCo|God grant with grace}} L.M.
*{{NoCo|Praise the Lord O ye Gentils all}}
*{{NoCo|Praise the Lord O ye Gentils all}}
9. {{NoCo|Come Holy Ghost, eternal God}} C.M.<br>
9. {{NoCo|Come Holy Ghost, eternal God}} C.M. <small>(TALLIS' ORDINAL)</small><br>
*{{NoCo|O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace}}
*{{NoCo|O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace}}
*{{NoCo|The heavenly Child in stature grows}}
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Thomas Tallis

Life

Born: c.1505

Died: 23 November 1585

Biography

The entry in Cathedral Music, Volume 1 (William Boyce) reads:

Thomas Tallis was Organist of the Royal Chapels to King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth. He was esteem'd a most excellent Composer of Church Music, at least equal to any Contemporary, either of his own Country or of Foreign Nations; and was the first who compos'd the Musical Part of our Divine Service in the English Language. He, in conjunction with William Bird, a Musician of great Eminence, who had been his Scholar, obtain'd of Queen Elizabeth, in the Year of our Lord 1575, Letters Patent, by which they claim'd the exclusive Right of printing all Ruled Paper, as well as of all Music Books, for the Term of 21 Years. He died November 23d, 1585, and was buried at Greenwich in Kent. (Greenwich is, in fact, in Greater London.)

On his Grave-Stone is the following Inscription:

Enterred here doth ly a worthy wyght, / Who for long Tyme in musick bore the bell:

His name to shew, was Thomas Tallis hyght,
 / In honest vertuous Lyff he dyd excell.
He ser'd long Tyme in Chappel with grete Prayse, / Fower Sovereygnes Reygnes (a thing not often seen)

I mean King Henry & Prynce Edward's dayes,
 / Queen Mary, & Elizabeth our Quene.
He maryd was, though children had he none, / and lyv'd in Love full thre and thirty yeres

With loyal spouse, whose name yclyipt was Jone, / Who here entomb'd, his Company now bears.
As he did lyve, so also did he dy,
 / In mild & quyet sort (O! happy man)

To God ful oft for mercy did he cry, / Wherefore he lyves, let Death do what he can.

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List of choral works

Latin.png Sacred music in Latin

English.png Sacred music in English

Anthems

Contrafacta

Many are from period sources, including Latin and pre-1650 English texts (not necessarily translations) set to preexisting music. See also Nine Compositions for Archbishop_Parker's Psalter, below.

Liturgical music

The Dorian Service

1. Venite
2. Te Deum in D minor
3. Benedictus in D minor
4-7. Communion service in D minor (Boyce adds Gloria/Laus tibi, and Kyrie from No. 4.)

4. Responses to Commandments
5. Creed
Offertorie after the Creede: "Not every one that sayeth" [spurious]
6. Sanctus
7. Gloria

8. & 9. Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Dorian)

The Choral Service
  • Preces and Responses (transmitted in 2 versions: '1st Preces' for 5vv & '2nd Preces' for 4vv)
  • Psalm CXIX
  1. Wherewith all shall a young man
  2. O do well unto thy servant
  3. My soul cleaves to the dust
Other service music
  • Te Deum a 5 'for meanes'
  • Benedictus [4 unmixed voices]
Nine Compositions for Archbishop Parker's Psalter, 1567

1. Man blest no doubt 86. 86 (C.M.)
2. Let God arise C.M.
3. Why fumeth in sight C.M.

4. O come in one 88. 88 (L.M.)
5. When like the hunted hind 66. 86 (S.M.)

6. Expend, O Lord C. M.
7. Why brag in malice high 66. 66
8. God grant with grace L.M.

9. Come Holy Ghost, eternal God C.M. (TALLIS' ORDINAL)

Anglican chants

English.png Secular works

Choral works not indexed on CPDL

  • Ave Dei patris filia
  • Procul recedant somnia - see Te lucis ante terminum

 
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Publications

External links