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Thomas Tallis c.1510-1585, English composer, who served the royal household, from c.1537 to his death, as organist. He wrote principally Latin motets (of which Spem in alium, in 40 parts, was an unsurpassed technical feat), hymn tunes, services, and anthems.

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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Comp. by Vaughan Williams for double str. orch. and str. qt., f.p. Gloucester 1910, London 1913 (rev.). Further rev. 1919. Tallis's theme is No.3 (‘Why fumeth in fight’) of 9 psalm tunes comp. 1567 for Archbishop Parker's Psalter.

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