Music in the Renaissance
by Gustave Reese
Period: Renaissance
Born: c. 1505
Died: Saturday, November 23, 1585 in Greenwich,
England
Nation of Origin: United Kingdom
Major Works:
Masses and other sacred choral works
Lamentations (from the verses of the prophet Jeremiah)
Harmonic settings of the plainsong responses of the Anglican
church.
A 40-voice motet! Spem in alium
Other Information:
Tallis was probably the organist at Waltham Abbey, in the vicinity
of London. He worked in the Chapel Royal for both King Henry VIII
and Queen Elizabeth. He worked with William Byrd, another important
figure in Anglican church music.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Reese, Gustave, Music in the Renaissance, W.W. Norton &
Company; November 1959, ISBN: 0393095304
Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World , W. W.
Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN: 0393097188
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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