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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Tallis
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Interesting Facts about this famous classical composer and musician are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Accomplishments and reasons Tallis is famous: Classical Composer and musician - he was one of the leading musicians of the Baroque period during the era of Renaissance Composers and referred to as the "father of English church music"

  • Fact 2 - Date of Birth: Tallis was born in 1505 - There are no records of his exact date of birth
  • Fact 3 - Place of Birth: Leicester, England
  • Fact 4 - Full Name: Thomas Tallis
  • Fact 5 - Lifespan: 1505-1585
  • Fact 6 - There are no records of the names of his mother and father
  • Fact 7 - Religion: Thomas Tallis remained an "unreformed Roman Catholic
  • Fact 8 - Little is known about his childhood but Thomas Tallis became an organist at Dover Priory,  St. Mary-at-Hill in London and became clerk at Canterbury Cathedral
  • Fact 9 - Thomas Tallis then sang in the Chapel Royal during the reign of Queen Mary Tudor where he met and mentored William Byrd
  • Fact 10 - Thomas Tallis was a great organist and composer and attracted wealthy and powerful patrons including Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Christopher Hatton and Lord Hunsdon
  • Fact 11 - Thomas Tallis and William Byrd were granted an exclusive license to print and publish music by Queen Elizabeth I making them both wealthy men
  • Fact 12 - Thomas Tallis married Joan in 1552 - they had no children
  • Fact 13 - Thomas Tallis was one of the first church musicians to write anthems set to English words
  • Fact 14 - Thomas Tallis was most famous for composing the 40-part motet Spem in alium - for eight choirs of 5 voices, Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater and the Christmas Mass Puer natus est nobis
  • Fact 15 - Date of Death: Thomas Tallis died 23 November 1585 in Greenwich, England and was buried in the chancel of the parish of St Alfege's Church
  • Fact 16 - His types of compositions and works included sacred music and music for the organ and other keyboard instruments
  • Fact 17 - His music lives on and the musical works of this famous composer and musician include the following collections by Thomas Tallis and his collaborator William Byrd:
    • Cantiones Sacrae
      Psalms, Sonets & Songs
      Songs of Sundrie Natures
      Cantiones Sacrae
      Gradualia

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