British composer Thomas Tallis was born 500 years ago. One of his most celebrated pieces of choral music was "Spem in Alium," a motet he wrote to be sung by eight five-voice choirs, each singing a ...

Swale’s nominal focus is the Tudor composer Thomas Tallis, about whose life conveniently little is known. (The Tudors memorably imagined him as a bisexual sometime-lover-of-the-nobility, spicing up ...

How did the ancient monophony of Gregorian Chant evolve into the Renaissance polyphony of the 16th Century English Church? A bit of background is helpful. Musically speaking, monophony is the simplest ...

Thomas Tallis lived a long life by sixteenth century standards - he was 80 when he died, having served at the Chapel Royal under four monarchs, beginning with Henry VIII and ending with Elizabeth I.

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“So great a musician are you.....that if the Fates carried you off.....music would be mute.” So wrote a contemporary of Thomas Tallis, showing us just how highly this composer was regarded in his own ...

Scholars are fairly certain that the English composer Thomas Tallis was born in 1505, although it's not known on which day. So the 500th anniversary of his birth is being observed all year with ...

He's been described as the father of English church music and if he were still alive he'd be trying to blow out 500 candles this year. Hi, I'm Geoff Wood and I'm glad you could join me because today ...

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