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| Short Name: | Christopher Tye |
| Full Name: | Tye, Christopher, 1497?-1572 |
| Birth Year (est.): | 1497 |
| Death Year: | 1572 |
Tye, Christopher, MUS. D., born at Westminster in the reign of Henry VIII. He was celebrated as a musician, and was granted the degree of MUS. D. at Cambridge in 1545. He was musical tutor to King Edward VI., and organist of the Chapel Royal under Queen Elizabeth. Besides composing numerous anthems, he rendered the first fourteen chapters of the Acts of the Apostles into metre, which were set to music by him and sung in Edward 6th's Chapel, and published in 1553. He died circa 1580.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
| Tunes by Christopher Tye (8) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTS (Tye) | Christopher Tye (Composer) | 2 | |
| WINDSOR (Tye) | Christopher Tye (Composer) | 38 | 11232 11735 43233 |
| WINCHESTER OLD | Christopher Tye (Composer) | 17 | 13321 44323 55453 |
| DUNDEE (Ravenscroft) | Christopher Tye (Arranger) | 36 | 13451 23432 11715 |
| SOUTHWARK | Christopher Tye, c.1497-1572 (Composer) | 13 | 51234 54343 21172 |
| YATTENDON 15 | Christopher Tye (Composer) | 4 | 51234 5545 |
| SALFORD (51236) | C. Tye (Composer) | 2 | 51236 54332 55453 |
| GETHSEMANE (Tye) | Christopher Tye, c. 1508-1572 (Composer) | 9 | 55511 71132 12517 |
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