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TALLIS, THOMAS

Tallis, Thomas
Focusing especially on his contributions to Catholic liturgics and hymnody, even after the English Reformation

Catholic Encyclopedia.Kevin Knight.2006.


  1. tallis, thomasca. English composer and organist noted for his mastery of counterpoint. He was organist at a Benedictine abbey at Dover in and then at Waltham Abbey until the dissolut...Historical Dictionary of Renaissance
  2. tallis, thomasc. Greenwich November Composer organiststrong at various churches in Dover and Londonstrong and Gentleman of the Chapel Royalstrong probably from . He wrote Latin mo...Historical dictionary of sacred music
  3. tallis, thomasThomas Tallis was one of the bestknown English composers of the sixteenth century. Little is known about his early life but he began his fiftyyear musical career as an or...Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620_ A Biographical Dictionary