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Short Name: | Thomas Tallis |
Full Name: | Tallis, Thomas, ca. 1505-1585 |
Birth Year: | 1505 |
Death Year: | 1585 |
Thomas Tallis (b. Leicestershire [?], England, c. 1505; d. Greenwich, Kent, England 1585) was one of the few Tudor musicians who served during the reigns of Henry VIII: Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth I and managed to remain in the good favor of both Catholic and Protestant monarchs. He was court organist and composer from 1543 until his death, composing music for Roman Catholic masses and Anglican liturgies (depending on the monarch). With William Byrd, Tallis also enjoyed a long-term monopoly on music printing. Prior to his court connections Tallis had served at Waltham Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral. He composed mostly church music, including Latin motets, English anthems, settings of the liturgy, magnificats, and two sets of lamentations. His most extensive contrapuntal work was the choral composition, "Spem in alium," a work in forty parts for eight five-voice choirs. He also provided nine modal psalm tunes for Matthew Parker's Psalter (c. 1561).
Bert Polman
Tunes by Thomas Tallis (37) | As | Instances![]() | Incipit |
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[Chant] (171223) | Tallis (Composer) | 1 | 17122 32171 |
[Chant] (Tallis 34322) | T. Tallis (Composer) | 2 | 34322 31171 |
[Glory be to the Father, and to the Son] (Tallis) | T. Tallis (Composer) | 2 | 55555 55555 55555 |
[Why standest thou so far off O Lord] (Tallis) | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 2 | 34322 32117 1 |
[THE TEN COMMANDMENTS] TALLIS | T. Tallis (Composer) | 2 | |
[Enter thy courts, thou Word of Life] | Thos. Tallis (Composer) | 2 | 51231 42321 71512 |
[Chant] (Tallis 55555) | T. Tallis (Composer) | 2 | 55555 665 |
THE FIRST TUNE | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 2 | 13321 54524 56657 |
[Glory be to Thee, O Lord] (Tallis 44444) | Thomas Tallis (c. 1510-1585) (Composer) | 2 | 44444 43 |
TALYS | Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505-1585) (Composer) | 2 | |
[All-seeing Lord, whose power unknown] | Thos. Tallis (Composer) | 2 | 11111 22332 11711 |
[If ye love me, keep my commandments] (Tallis) | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 2 | 11233 21433 33543 |
[O God, open my lips] | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 2 | 35566 53565 35655 |
[When Jesus to our rescue drew] | T. Tallis (Composer) | 2 | 13211 17132 11713 |
TALLIS CHANT | Tallis (Composer) | 3 | 55555 53656 71675 |
[The Lord be with you] (Tallis) | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 3 | 35555 |
[Lord, have mercy upon us] (Tallis 33333) | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 3 | 33333 23332 44325 |
[Lord, have mercy upon us] (Tallis 55536) | T. Tallis (Composer) | 4 | 55536 65655 53665 |
[Lord, have mercy upon us] (Tallis 12216) | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 4 | 12216 71 |
BENSON (Tallis) | Thomas Tallis, d. 1585 (Composer) | 4 | 11216 71334 32221 |
[Chant] (Tallis 51177) | T. Tallis (Composer) | 4 | 51177 71111 76666 |
THE FIFTH TUNE | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 4 | 13455 64543 23134 |
SEVENTH MODE MELODY | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 5 | 15234 55655 45152 |
[Glory be to Thee, O Lord] (Tallis 555565) | Thomas Tallis, d. 1585 (Composer) | 5 | 55556 5 |
[Twofold Amen] (Tallis) | Thomas Tallis, c. 1505-1585 (Composer) | 5 | 32412 167 |
[Glory be to Thee, O Lord] (Tallis 11111) | T. Tallis, c. 1505-85 (Composer) | 6 | 11111 17 |
VENI CREATOR (Tallis) | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 6 | 11715 54556 71117 |
SECOND MODE MELODY | Thomas Tallis, 1515-1585 (Composer) | 7 | 66716 77656 77662 |
[Thanks be to thee, O Lord] (Tallis) | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 8 | 57655 |
TALLIS'S HYMN | T. Tallis (Composer) | 9 | 11111 23431 44332 |
[Glory be to Thee, O Lord] (Tallis 5555665) | Thomas Tallis, d. 1585 (Composer) | 9 | 55556 65 |
[Chant] (Tallis 11566) | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 9 | 11566 71171 |
FIRST MODE MELODY | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 17 | 11171 32222 5545 |
THIRD MODE MELODY | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 46 | 13333 44555 55655 |
[Our Father who art in heaven] (Tallis 33233) | Tallis (Arranger) | 63 | 33233 21223 |
TALLIS' ORDINAL | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 212 | 13455 66551 76651 |
TALLIS' CANON | Thomas Tallis (Composer) | 444 | 51111 22343 14433 |