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'''Thomas Tallis''' (c.1505-1585), [[English]] [[composer]] and organist, has the rare distinction of having served four monarchs in an official capacity. As a young man he wrote [[polyphony|polyphonic]] works in the traditional [[catholic]] style for [[Henry VIII]], before changing to accommodate Archbishop Cranmer’s insistence on a clear syllabic style reflecting new “[[Anglican]]” emphases during the short reign of [[Edward VI]] (and seen in its literary guise in the [[Book of Common Prayer]].) The sudden (and brutal) reversion to catholic orthodoxy under [[Mary I]] saw Tallis write some of his grandest and most elaborate music, once more in a traditional style.

'''Thomas Tallis''' (c.1505-1585), [[English]] [[composer]] and organist, has the rare distinction of having served four monarchs in an official capacity. As a young man he wrote [[polyphony|polyphonic]] works in the traditional [[catholic]] style for [[Henry VIII]], before changing to accommodate Archbishop Cranmer’s insistence on a clear syllabic style reflecting new “[[Anglican]]” emphases during the short reign of [[Edward VI]] (and seen in its literary guise in the [[Book of Common Prayer]].) The sudden (and brutal) reversion to catholic orthodoxy under [[Mary I]] saw Tallis write some of his grandest and most elaborate music, once more in a traditional style.

Tallis' works are almost all sacred but he also wrote a small amount of [[consort]] and keyboard music. These days he is mainly known as the writer of a melody that was used by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] as the basis for the "''Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis''", first performed in 1910, which has become one of the most loved shorter pieces of music in the repertoire.

Tallis' works are almost all sacred but he also wrote a small amount of [[consort]] and keyboard music. These days he is mainly known as the writer of a melody that was used by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] as the basis for the "''Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis''", first performed in 1910, which has become one of the most loved shorter pieces of music in the repertoire.

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[[Category: Composers]]

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