Tallis / Kerry McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Kerry Robin, author.

Series:

Master musicians series.

Master musicians series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585.

Tallis, Thomas.

Composers--England--Biography.

Composers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 262 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The composer Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 - November 1585) lived and worked through much of the turbulent Tudor period in England. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not just react to radical change: he thrived on it. He helped invent new musical styles to meet the demands of the English Reformation. He revived and reimagined older musical forms for a new era. Fewer than a hundred of his works have survived, but they are incredibly diverse, from miniature settings of psalms and hymns to a monumental forty-voice motet. In this new biography, author Kerry McCarthy traces Tallis's long career from his youthful appointment at Dover Priory to his years as a senior member of the Chapel Royal. Each chapter is focused on an original document of his life or his music. The book also takes readers on a guided journey down the River Thames to the palaces, castles, and houses where Tallis made music for the four monarchs he served. It ends with reflections on Tallis's will, his epitaph (whose complete text McCarthy has recently rediscovered), and other postmortem remembrances that give us a glimpse of his significant place in the sixteenth-century musical world. A companion website illustrates the book with a broad selection of sound samples from Tallis's works"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-063523-1

0-19-753387-6

0-19-063522-3