Tye, Christopher

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | 639 words | Copyright

Tye, Christopher (b c.1505; d Doddington-cum-Marche, 1573). Eng. composer. Lay clerk at King's College, Cambridge, 1537, having taken Mus.B. in 1536 after 10 years’ study and teaching. Choirmaster, Ely Cath. 1543–61; Mus.D., Cambridge, 1545. Thought to have been teacher of Edward VI. In 1553 pubd. The Acts of the Apostles, trans. into Eng. metre, for 4 vv., with lute. Ordained 1560 and in 1561 became rector of Doddington-cum-Marche, Isle of Ely. Wrote anthems in popular and tuneful style, several motets, services, and masses, incl. a ‘Western Wynde’ mass, and the Euge bone mass. Also instr. In nomines.

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