Thomas Tallis: Difference between revisions
(New work entry: O salutaris hostia) |
No edit summary |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Image:Thomas_Tallis.jpg|right|Thomas Tallis]] | [[Image:Thomas_Tallis.jpg|right|Thomas Tallis]] | ||
==Life== | ==Life== |
Revision as of 23:47, 27 November 2017
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.
View the Wikipedia article on Thomas Tallis.
- For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Thomas Tallis compositions
NOTE. This page has been (mostly) automated. Please check if your new work has been automatically added below, then delete "Recent Additions".
List of choral works
Sacred music in Latin
Sacred music in English
Anthems
Liturgical music
Nine Compositions for Archbishop Parker's Psalter, 1567
Anglican chants
Contrafacta in English
Pre-1650 English texts (not necessarily translations) set to the music of the Latin motets, and other works.
Secular works
Choral works not indexed on CPDL
- Ave Dei patris filia
- Magnificat
- Missa Puer natus est nobis
- Procul recedant somnia - see Te lucis ante terminum
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL
Publications
- Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (1575), jointly with William Byrd
External links
add links here