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==Life==
==Life==
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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 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, 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.
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:
On his Grave-Stone is the following Inscription:


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

:''Who for long Tyme in musick bore the bell:

:''His name to shew, was Thomas Tallis hyght,
 / In honest vertuous Lyff he dyd excell.
:''His name to shew, was Thomas Tallis hyght,

:''He ser'd long Tyme in Chappel with grete Prayse, / Fower Sovereygnes Reygnes (a thing not often seen)

:''In honest vertuous Lyff he dyd excell.
:''I mean King Henry & Prynce Edward's dayes,
 / Queen Mary, & Elizabeth our Quene.
:''He ser'd long Tyme in Chappel with grete Prayse,
:''He maryd was, though children had he none, / and lyv'd in Love full thre and thirty yeres

:''Fower Sovereygnes Reygnes (a thing not often seen)

:''With loyal spouse, whose name yclyipt was Jone, / Who here entomb'd, his Company now bears.
:''I mean King Henry & Prynce Edward's dayes,

:''As he did lyve, so also did he dy,
 / In mild & quyet sort (O! happy man)

:''Queen Mary, & Elizabeth our Quene.
:''To God ful oft for mercy did he cry, / Wherefore he lyves, let Death do what he can.
:''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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==={{flag|Latin}} Sacred music in Latin===
==={{flag|Latin}} Sacred music in Latin===
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==={{flag|English}} Sacred music in English===
*{{NoCo|Absterge Domine}}&nbsp;{{editions|1}}
:<big><b><u>A. Hymns</u></b></big>
*{{NoCo|Alleluya}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:alleluya_tallis.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:alleluya_tallis.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:alleluya_tallis.ps}} {{ps}}] [{{filepath:alleluya_tallis.mup}} MUP] )
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*{{NoCo|Audivi vocem}}&nbsp;{{editions|4}}
:<big><b><u>B. Other sacred works</u></b></big>
*{{NoCo|Bone pastor}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tallis_Bone_pastor.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tallis_Bone_pastor.mid}} {{mid}}]&nbsp;{{external}}[http://www.schola.org.nz/scores {{ly}}] ) (a contrafactum of {{NoCo|If ye love me}}).
{{#SortWorks:Sacred music&&Works in English&&!Hymns|cols=3}}
*{{NoCo|Candidi facti sunt}}&nbsp;{{editions|3}}
==={{flag|English}} Secular works===
*{{NoCo|Derelinquit impius}}&nbsp;{{editions|1}}
{{#SortWorks:Secular music|cols=3}}
*{{NoCo|Domine quis habitabit}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:TALL-DOM.pdf}} {{pdf}}] )
*{{NoCo|Dum transisset Sabbatum}}&nbsp;{{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|Euge caeli porta}} &nbsp; {{editions|3}}
*{{NoCo|Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tallis-Gaude_gloriosa_Dei_Mater.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tallis-Gaude_gloriosa_Dei_Mater.mid}} {{mid}}] )
*{{NoCo|Gloria Patri}} &nbsp; ( [{{website|cipoo_a}} {{net}}] ) (an excerpt from {{NoComp|In pace in idipsum}})
*{{NoCo|Hodie nobis caelorum}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:TALL-HOD.pdf}} {{pdf}}] )
*{{NoCo|Homo quidam}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tallis-Homo.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tallis-Homo.mid}} {{mid}}] )
*{{NoCo|Honor, virtus et potestas}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:TALL-HON.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:TALL-HON.mid}} {{mid}}] )
*{{NoCo|In jejunio et fletu}}&nbsp;{{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|In manus tuas Domine}}&nbsp;{{editions|4}}
*{{NoCo|In pace in idipsum}}&nbsp;{{editions|3}}
*{{NoCo|Jesu salvator saeculi}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:TALL-JES.pdf}} {{pdf}}] )
*{{NoCo|Lamentations of Jeremiah}}&nbsp;{{editions|multiple}}
*{{NoCo|Laudate Dominum omnes gentes}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:TALL-LAU.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:TALL-LAU.mid}} {{mid}}] )
*{{NoCo|Loquebantur variis linguis}}&nbsp;{{editions|5}}
</td><td valign="top" width="50%">
*{{NoCo|Mass for Four Voices}} &nbsp; {{editions|various}}
*{{NoCo|Mihi autem nimis}}&nbsp;{{editions|1}}
*{{NoCo|Miserere nostri}}&nbsp;{{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|O nata lux}}&nbsp;{{editions|6}}
*{{NoCo|O sacrum convivium}} &nbsp; {{editions|n}}
*{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia}} &nbsp; {{editions|0}}
*{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia (contrafactum of O nata lux)}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tal-osal.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tal-osal.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Tal-osal.sib}} Sibelius 6] )
* Procul recedant somnia - see ''Te lucis ante terminum''
*{{NoCo|Quod chorus vatum}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:TALL-QUO.pdf}} {{pdf}}] )
*{{NoCo|Salvator mundi I}}&nbsp;{{editions|3}}
*{{NoCo|Salvator mundi II}}&nbsp;{{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|Salvator mundi Domine}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:TALL-SA3.pdf}} {{pdf}}] )
*{{NoCo|Sancte Deus}} &nbsp; {{editions|3}}
*{{NoCo|Sermone blando}}''&nbsp;{{editions|1}}
*{{NoCo|Spem in alium}} &nbsp; {{editions|5}}
*{{NoCo|Suscipe quaeso Domine - Si enim iniquitates}}&nbsp;{{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|Te lucis ante terminum (festal tone)}}&nbsp;{{editions|3}}
*{{NoCo|Te lucis ante terminum|Te lucis ante terminum (ferial tone)}}&nbsp;{{editions|3}}
*{{NoCo|Videte miraculum}}&nbsp;{{editions|2}}
 
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==={{flag|English}} Sacred music in English===
==Partial list of works (manually maintained)==
<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
===Anthems===
<tr><td valign="top" width="50%">
{{top}}
*{{NoCo|A new commandment}}&nbsp;{{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|Blessed are those that be undefiled}}
*{{NoComp|All people that on earth do dwell|Anonymous}} &nbsp; (''anon. 17th c. elaboration of "Out from the Deep"'')
*{{NoCo|Christ rising again}}<!--listed as an Introit in the Service Music vol. of EECM-->
*{{NoCo|Blessed are those that be undefiled}} &nbsp; ( [http://www.tvjrdean.f9.co.uk/music/choral/choral.htm {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Hear the voice and prayer}}
*{{NoCo|Hear the voice and prayer}}&nbsp;{{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|If ye love me}}
*{{NoCo|If ye love me}}&nbsp;{{editions|13}}
{{mdl|3}}
*{{NoCo|Short Evening Service|Magnificat and Nunc dimittis}} from the ''Short Service in the Dorian mode'' {{editions|3}}
*{{NoCo|A new commandment}}
*'''{{NoCo|Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter}}'''
*{{NoCo|O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit}}
#{{NoCo|Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter - First Tune|Psalm 1}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 1.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 1.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Tallis First Tune.MUS}} {{mus}}] )
*{{NoCo|O Lord, in thee is all my trust}}
#{{NoCo|Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter - Second Tune|Psalm 68}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 2.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Tallis Second Tune.MUS}} {{mus}}] )
*{{NoCo|Out from the deep}}
#{{NoCo|Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter - Third Tune|Psalm 2}} &nbsp; {{editions|2}}
{{mdl|3}}
#{{NoCo|Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter - Fourth Tune|Psalm 95}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 4.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 4.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Tallis Fourth Tune.MUS}} {{mus}}] )
*{{NoCo|Purge me, O Lord, from all my sin}}
#{{NoCo|Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter - Fifth Tune|Psalm 42}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 5.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tunes_for_Archbishop_Parker's_Psalter-_5.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Tallis Fifth Tune.MUS}} {{mus}}] )
*{{NoCo|Remember not, O Lord God}}
#{{NoCo|Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter - Sixth Tune|Psalm 5}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 6.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 6.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Tallis Sixth Tune.MUS}} {{mus}}] )
*{{NoCo|This is my commandment}} (Also attrib. Johnson and Mundy.)
#{{NoCo|Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter - Seventh Tune|Psalm 52}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 7.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 7.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Tallis Seventh Tune.MUS}} {{mus}}] )
*{{NoCo|Verily, verily I say unto you}}
#{{NoCo|Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter - Eighth Tune|Psalm 67}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 8.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tunes_for_Archbishop_Parker's_Psalter-_8.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Tallis Eighth Tune.MUS}} {{mus}}] )
{{btm}}
#{{NoCo|Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter - Ninth Tune|Veni Creator}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 9.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter- 9.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Tallis Ninth Tune.MUS}} {{mus}}] )
===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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{{top}}
*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===
{{top}}
====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}}


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====The Choral Service====
*{{NoCo|O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit}}&nbsp;{{editions|4}}
*{{NoCo|Preces and Responses}} (transmitted in 2 versions: '1st Preces' for 5vv & '2nd Preces' for 4vv)
*{{NoCo|O Lord, in thee is all my trust}}&nbsp;{{editions|2}}
*Psalm CXIX
*{{NoCo|Out from the deep}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Oftd.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Oftd.mid}} {{mid}}] )
#Wherewith all shall a young man
*{{NoCo|Praise the Lord O ye Gentils all (A Psalme before Morning Prayer)}} &nbsp; {{editions|n}}
#O do well unto thy servant
*{{NoCo|Preces & responses}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tall-res.pdf}} {{pdf}}] )
#My soul cleaves to the dust
*{{NoCo|Purge me, O Lord, from all my sin}} &nbsp; ( [{{website|Mather}}/cd/index.shtml?32.txt {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Litany}} O God the Father
*{{NoCo|Remember not, O Lord God}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|tall-rem.pdf|tall-rem.mid}}
*{{NoCo|The God of love my Shepherd is}} &nbsp; ''(arrangement of the 3rd Tune, Archbishop Parker's Psalter)'' &nbsp;  ( [{{filepath:The_God_of_Love.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:The_God_of_Love.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:The_God_of_Love.cap}} Capella] )
*{{NoCo|This is my commandment}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|tall-thi.pdf|tall-thi.mid|tall-thi.mus|Finale 2003}}
*{{NoCo|Verily, verily I say unto you}} &nbsp; {{editions|3}}
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===Anglican chants===
====Other service music====
*{{NoCo|Single chant in B minor}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:36_Tallis_D_major.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:36_Tallis_D_major.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:36_Tallis_D_major.cap}} Capella] )
*Te Deum a 5 'for meanes'
==={{flag|English}} Contrafacta in English===
*{{NoCo|Benedictus for equal voices}}
Pre-1650 English texts (not necessarily translations) set to the music of the Latin motets.
*{{NoCo|Magnificat (fauxbourdon)}}, arr. Royle Shore
{{btm}}
<!--This used to be {{LargeWork|lan=English|link1=The Whole Psalter Translated (1567)}}; it is retained here because of notes added to the titles; all are also in the automated list above.-->
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{{top}}
====[[The Whole Psalter Translated (1567)|Nine Compositions in Parker's Psalter, 1567]]====
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.)}}
6. {{NoCo|Expend, O Lord}} C. M.<br>
7. {{NoCo|Why brag in malice high}} {{CC|66. 66}}<br>
{{mdl|3}}


*{{NoCo|Blessed be thy name}} &nbsp; ''(Mihi autem nimis)'' &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Bbtn.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Bbtn.mid}} {{mid}}] &nbsp;)
*{{NoCo|I call and cry to thee, O Lord}}&nbsp; ''(O sacrum convivium)''&nbsp;{{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|Spem in alium nunquam habui|Sing and glorify heaven’s high Majesty}} &nbsp; ''(Spem in alium) &nbsp; {{editions|5}}
*{{NoCo|When Jesus went into Simon the Pharisee's house}}&nbsp;''(Salvator Mundi II)'' &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Wjwith.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Wjwith.mid}} {{mid}}] &nbsp;)
*{{NoCo|Wipe away my sins}}&nbsp;''(Absterge Domine)'' &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Wams.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Wams.mid}} {{mid}}] &nbsp;)
*{{NoCo|With all our hearts}}&nbsp;''(Salvator Mundi I)'' &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Waoh.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Waoh.mid}} {{mid}}] &nbsp;)
*{{NoCo|Out of the Deep}} &nbsp; ''(Purge me O Lord)'' &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Tallis-outofthedeep.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Tallis-outofthedeep.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Tallis-outofthedeep.capx}} Capella] )


==={{flag|English}} Secular songs in English===
8. {{NoCo|God grant with grace}} L.M.
*{{NoCo|Fond youth is a bubble}} &nbsp;''(contrafactum of Purge me, O Lord, from all my sin)'' &nbsp;  ( [{{filepath:Fondyouth.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Fondyouth.mid}} {{mid}}] &nbsp;)
:*{{NoCo|Praise the Lord O ye Gentils all}}
*{{NoCo|Like as the doleful dove}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Latdd.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Latdd.mid}} {{mid}}] &nbsp;)
:*{{NoCo|Glory to thee, my God, this night}}
*{{NoCo|O ye tender babes}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Oytb.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Oytb.mid}} {{mid}}] &nbsp;)
9. {{NoCo|Come Holy Ghost, eternal God}} C.M. <small>(TALLIS' ORDINAL)</small><br>
*{{NoCo|When shall my sorrowful sighing slake}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Wsmsss.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Wsmsss.mid}} {{mid}}] &nbsp;)
:*{{NoCo|O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace}}
:*{{NoCo|The heavenly Child in stature grows}}
{{mdl|3}}


===={{CC|Anglican chants}}====
{{#SortWorks:Anglican chants|cols=1}}
{{btm}}
===Choral works not indexed on CPDL===
* 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==
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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.

View the Wikipedia article on Thomas Tallis.

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 (automated)

Latin.png Sacred music in Latin

English.png Sacred music in English

A. Hymns
B. Other sacred works

English.png Secular works

Partial list of works (manually maintained)

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

Nine Compositions in 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

Choral works not indexed on CPDL

  • Procul recedant somnia - see Te lucis ante terminum

 
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Publications

External links

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