Thomas Tallis: Quick Facts


Facts

Born c.1505
Died November 20, 1585 or November 23, 1585 • Greenwich • England
Notable Works “Miserere nostri” • “Spem in alium nunquam habui”
Movement / Style polyphony

Photos


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Orlando Gibbons
English composer
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John Taverner
British composer
Painting by Elias Gottlieb Hausmann of Johann Sebastian Bach wearing a dark coat with a white shirt and holding a sheet of music in his left hand.
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Spanish composer
William Byrd
William Byrd
English composer
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Christopher Tye
British composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
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Cristóbal de Morales
Spanish composer
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier
French composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957, wearing a dark suit and bow tie, with a serious expression and a brick wall in the background.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer
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William Croft
English musician
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Thomas Tomkins
English composer and organist
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
Josquin des Prez
Josquin des Prez
French-Flemish composer
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Francis Poulenc
French composer
Lasso, engraving by James Caldwall
Orlando di Lasso
Flemish composer
François Couperin
François Couperin
French composer [1668-1733]
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Andrea Gabrieli
Italian composer
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Antoine Busnois
French composer