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==Life==
==Life==
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==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
==={{flag|Latin}} Sacred music in Latin===
==={{flag|Latin}} Sacred music in Latin===
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==={{flag|English}} Sacred music in English===
==={{flag|English}} Sacred music in English===
====Anthems====
====Anthems====
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{{top}}
*{{NoCo|Blessed are those that be undefiled}}
*{{NoCo|Christ rising again}}<!--listed as an Introit in the Service Music vol. of EECM-->
*{{NoCo|Hear the voice and prayer}}
*{{NoCo|If ye love me}}
{{mdl|3}}
*{{NoCo|A new commandment}}
*{{NoCo|O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit}}
*{{NoCo|O Lord, in thee is all my trust}}
*{{NoCo|Out from the deep}}
{{mdl|3}}
*{{NoCo|Purge me, O Lord, from all my sin}}
*{{NoCo|Remember not, O Lord God}}
*{{NoCo|This is my commandment}} (reattributed to Mundy)
*{{NoCo|Verily, verily I say unto you}}
{{btm}}
 
====Contrafacta====
Many are from period sources, including Latin and pre-1650 English texts (not necessarily translations) set to preexisting music. See also [[Thomas_Tallis#Nine_Compositions_for_Archbishop_Parker.27s_Psalter.2C_1567|''Nine Compositions for Archbishop_Parker's Psalter]], below.
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*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|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}})
*O God, be merciful ({{NoCo|Absterge Domine}})
*O praise the Lord ({{NoCo|O salutaris hostia}})
*O sacred and holy banquet ({{NoCo|O sacrum convivium}})
{{mdl}}
*{{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|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}})
*{{NoCo|When Jesus went into Simon the Pharisee's house}} ({{NoCo|Salvator mundi II}})
*{{NoCo|Wipe away my sins}} ({{NoCo|Absterge Domine}})
*{{NoCo|With all our hearts}} ({{NoCo|Salvator mundi I}})
{{btm}}


====Liturgical music====
====Liturgical music====
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=====The {{NoCo|Dorian Service}}=====
1. {{NoCo|Venite}}<br>
2. {{NoCo|Te Deum in D minor}}<br>
3. {{NoCo|Benedictus in D minor}}<br>
4-7. {{NoCo|Communion service in D minor}} (Boyce adds Gloria/Laus tibi, and Kyrie from No. 4.)
:4. Responses to Commandments<br>
:5. Creed<br>
:: Offertorie after the Creede: "Not every one that sayeth" [spurious]<br>
:6. Sanctus<br>
:7. Gloria<br>
8. & 9. {{NoCo|Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Dorian)}}
{{mdl}}
=====The Choral Service=====
*{{NoCo|Preces and Responses}} (transmitted in 2 versions: '1st Preces' for 5vv & '2nd Preces' for 4vv)
*Psalm CXIX
#Wherewith all shall a young man
#O do well unto thy servant
#My soul cleaves to the dust
*{{NoCo|Litany}} O God the Father


====[[The Whole Psalter Translated (1567)|Nine Compositions for Archbishop Parker's Psalter, 1567]]====
=====Other service music=====
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*Te Deum a 5 'for meanes'
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*Benedictus [4 unmixed voices]
{{btm}}
 
=====[[The Whole Psalter Translated (1567)|Nine Compositions for Archbishop Parker's Psalter, 1567]]=====
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1. {{NoCo|Man blest no doubt}} {{CC|86. 86 (C.M.)}}<br>
2. {{NoCo|Let God arise}} C.M.<br>
3. {{NoCo|Why fumeth in sight}} C.M.
*{{NoCo|The God of love my Shepherd is}}
4. {{NoCo|O come in one}} {{CC|88. 88 (L.M.)}}<br>
5. {{NoCo|When like the hunted hind}} {{CC|66. 86 (S.M.)}}
{{mdl}}
6. {{NoCo|Expend, O Lord}} C. M.<br>
7. {{NoCo|Why brag in malice high}} {{CC|66. 66}}<br>
8. {{NoCo|God grant with grace}} L.M.
*{{NoCo|Praise the Lord O ye Gentils all}}
9. {{NoCo|Come Holy Ghost, eternal God}} C.M. <small>(TALLIS' ORDINAL)</small><br>
*{{NoCo|O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace}}
*{{NoCo|The heavenly Child in stature grows}}
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====Anglican chants====
=====Anglican chants=====
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====Contrafacta in English====
Pre-1650 English texts (not necessarily translations) set to the music of the Latin motets, and other works.
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==={{flag|English}} Secular works===
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===Choral works not indexed on CPDL===
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* Ave Dei patris filia
* Ave Dei patris filia
* Magnificat
* Missa Puer natus est nobis
* Procul recedant somnia - see ''Te lucis ante terminum''
* Procul recedant somnia - see ''Te lucis ante terminum''


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==Publications==
==Publications==
*''[[Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (William Byrd/Thomas Tallis)|Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur]]'' (1575), jointly with [[William Byrd]]
*''[[Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur]]'' (1575), jointly with [[William Byrd]]


==External links==
==External links==
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Revision as of 21:23, 5 October 2021

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