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Biography
Thomas Tallis (; also Tallys or Talles; c. 1505 – 23 November 1585) was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music. Tallis is considered one of England's greatest composers, and he is honored for his original voice in English musicianship.
Youth
No records about the birth, family, or childhood of Thomas Tallis exist, so almost nothing is known about his early life and origins. Historians have calculated that he was born in the early part of the 16th Century, toward the end of the reign of Henry VII of England. Estimates of his birth year range from 1500 to 1520. His only known relative was a cousin named John Sayer. As the surnames Sayer and Tallis both have strong connections with Kent, Thomas Tallis is usually thought to have been born somewhere in the county.
There are some suggestions that Tallis sang as a child of the chapel in the Chapel Royal, the same singing establishment that he joined as an adult. He was probably a chorister at the Benedictine Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Martin of the New Work in Dover, where he was later employed, but it is impossible to know whether he was educated there. He may have sung at Canterbury Cathedral.
Career
Tallis served at court as a composer, teacher, and performer for Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. He was first designated as an organist at the chapel after 1570, although he would have been employed as an organist throughout his career.
He avoided the religious controversies that raged around him throughout his service to successive monarchs, although he remained, in the words of the historian Peter Ackroyd, an "unreformed Roman Catholic". Tallis was capable of switching the style of his compositions to suit each monarch's different demands. Tallis taught several composers, including William Byrd, who was later associated with Lincoln Cathedral; Elway Bevin, an organist of Bristol Cathedral and Gentleman of the Chapel Royal; and Sir Ferdinando Heybourne (aka Richardson), a favourite of Queen Elizabeth.
1530s and 1540s
No record of Tallis related to his career exists before 1531, when he is named in the accounts of the Kent Benedictine house Dover Priory. He was employed there as the organist, responsible for directing chants from the organ. A "Thomas Tales" is named as the "joculator organorum" at the priory and received an annual payment of £2. The account notes that he was also responsible for the direction of six singing-boys. The priory was dissolved in 1535, but there is no surviving record of Tallis's departure.
Tallis's whereabouts are not known for the following several months until records show his employment at St Mary-at-Hill in London's Billingsgate ward. He was paid four half-yearly payments from 1536 to 1538, with the last payment being specified for services—as either a singer or an organist—for the year up to 25 March 1538.
Toward the end of 1538 Tallis moved to a large Augustinian monastery, Waltham Abbey in Essex, after he had come into contact with the abbot, whose London home was near to St Mary-at-Hill. At Waltham, Tallis became a senior member. When the abbey was dissolved in March 1540, Tallis left without receiving a pension because he had only recently been employed there; he was instead given a one-off payment of 40 shillings. He took away a volume of musical treatises copied by John Wylde, once a preceptor at Waltham. Among its contents was a treatise by Leonel Power that prohibited consecutive unisons, fifths, and octaves; the last page is inscribed with his name.
By the summer of 1540 Tallis had moved to the formerly monastic but recently secularised Canterbury Cathedral, where his name heads the list of singers in the newly expanded choir of 10 boys and 12 men. Tallis brought with him several manuscripts of his early votive works for frequent Sarum use. He remained there for two years.
Employment at the Chapel Royal
Tallis's employment in the Chapel Royal probably began in 1543. His name appears on a 1544 lay subsidy roll and is listed in a later document. It is possible that he was connected with the court when he was at St Mary-at-Hill; in 1577 Tallis claimed to have "served yo[u]r Ma[jes]tie and yo[u]r Royall ancestors these fortie yeres". He may have been responsible for teaching keyboard and composition to the boys of the choir. Tallis oversaw the will of Richard Bower, who was Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal.
Around 1552, Tallis married, probably for the first time, to Joan, the widow of a gentleman of the Chapel Royal. Like many other members of the royal household choir, Tallis and his wife lived in Greenwich, although it is not known if he ever owned his house there. He probably rented a house, by tradition in Stockwell Street. According to Tallis' epitaph and Joan Tallis' will, there were no children of the marriage. In the 1550s and 1560s, it is likely that William Byrd learned organ skills and some composition by Tallis ("bred up to Musick under Tho. Tallys"). Byrd kept a close relationship to Tallis, who was godfather to Byrd's second son Thomas.
Queen Mary I, who commissioned a Mass and several settings for Divine Office from Tallis, granted him a lease on a manor in Kent, which provided a comfortable annual income. He was present at the Queen's funeral on 13 December 1558 and at the coronation of Elizabeth I the following month. A setting of the Requiem composed by Tallis for the funeral of Queen Mary I has been lost.
Tallis was an eminent figure in Elizabeth's household chapel, but as he aged he became gradually less prominent. In 1575, Elizabeth granted Tallis and Byrd a 21-year monopoly for polyphonic music and a patent to print and publish "set songe or songes in parts", one of the first arrangements of its kind in England. Tallis and Byrd were given exclusive rights to print any music in any language, including English, Latin, French, and Italian, and they had sole use of the paper used in printing music. The only publication made under the monopoly while Tallis was still alive was the 1575 Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur. The piece was prefaced by Sir Ferdinando Heybourne, who wrote that Tallis and Byrd intended to take their place among the great composers of Europe, "Lassus, Gombert, and Ferrabosco". It did not sell well, and they were forced to appeal to Elizabeth for support. People were wary of the new publications, the sale of which was not helped by both men being Catholics. As Catholics, Byrd and Tallis were forbidden to sell imported music, and they were refused any rights to music fonts or printing patents not under their command. They lacked their own printing press. A second petition in 1577 resulted in the grant of a joint lease of crown lands to the two composers.
After the 1575 publication, Tallis is thought to have ceased active composition, as no works from these final years survive. The sombre Post-Exilic texts for Tallis' final surviving works of 1575, In Jejunio and Derelinquat Impius, indicate that Tallis was becoming increasingly involved with the recusant communities facing persecution, as was Byrd. One such community, the Paget Household, was known for its devout Catholicism until Thomas Paget's attainting in 1587, and it was a musical centre where "songes of Mr Byrdes and Mr Tallys’ were sung." Thomas Tallis was closely associated with the wealthy recusant Anthony Roper, who was the grandson of Sir Thomas More and the owner of the Theewes Claviorganum.
Final years
Late in his life, Tallis lived in Greenwich, possibly close to the royal Palace of Placentia; tradition holds that he lived on Stockwell Street. He was recorded as a member of Elizabeth I's household in June 1585, and wrote his will in August that year. He died in his house in Greenwich on 20 or 23 November; the different dates are from a register and the Chapel Royal. In his will he left £3.6s.8d. to "my company the gentlemen of Her Majesty's Chapel towards their feast." Thomas Byrd received Tallis' share of the monopoly although it was his father, William Byrd, who would utilise it.
He was buried in the chancel of St Alfege Church, Greenwich. A brass memorial plate placed there after the death of his wife (but before the death of Elizabeth (ONDB)) is now lost. His remains may have been discarded by labourers during the 1710s, when the church was rebuilt.
Tallis' epitaph on a brass plaque, lost in the subsequent rebuilding of the church, was recorded by the English clergyman John Strype in his 1720 edition of John Stow's Survey of London It was most likely written by Henry Stanford: a recusant tutor to the Paget Household.
On learning of Tallis' death, William Byrd wrote Ye Sacred Muses, his musical elegy to his colleague and mentor. Tallis' widow Joan, whose will is dated 12 June 1587, survived him by nearly four years and spent the rest of her life in the care of Richard Cranwell, a gentleman of the Chapel Royal. Anthony Roper received Tallis' gilt cup in Joan's will for the "good favours showed to [her] late husband" and William Byrd received Tallis' gilt bowl.
Early works and Gaude Gloriosa
The earliest surviving works by Tallis are Alleluia: Ora pro nobis, Euge Caeli Porta, Magnificat for four voices, and three devotional antiphons to the Virgin Mary: Salve intemerata, a precocious work of Tallis, with the oldest manuscript dating to the 1520s (London, British Library, Ms. Harley 1709); Ave Dei Patris filia; and Ave rosa sine spinis. Votive antiphons were sung in the evening after the last service of the day. Tallis' early output is composed entirely in the English Votive Style that was cultivated in England from the 1470s to the 1540s. Tallis used antiphons composed by John Taverner and Robert Fayrfax as models for composing his own antiphons. Taverner in particular is quoted in Salve intemerata, and Dum transisset sabbatum. Characteristics of the votive style, such as high, sustained treble lines and lengthy solo verses, were just beginning to be supplanted by the more succinct phrasing of continental traditions by the 1530s, making Missa Salve Intemerata (Tallis' first of three complete masses, and his only parody mass to be completed) more modern in technique than the antiphon from which it is derived.
Gaude gloriosa Dei mater was previously thought to have been one of many revivalist votive antiphons composed in honour of Queen Mary I, in a similar vein to William Mundy's Vox Patris caelestis. This is due to Gaude gloriosa being more advanced than the rest of Tallis' early output, indicating the work of an older, more mature composer. However, Gaude gloriosa's dating was revised after renovations at Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1978 revealed earlier fragments of Gaude gloriosa that use an English text translated by Queen Katherine Parr. This means the antiphon was likely composed in the 1540s, or even earlier, with its original Latin text referencing the "Gaude" Window in the west transept of Canterbury Cathedral. The cathedral was Tallis' previous workplace before his appointment to the Chapel Royal. It was only after becoming a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal that Tallis received his commission for Gaude gloriosa's English contrafactum, Se Lord and behold, which was intended for use in Henry VIII's French campaign and the capture of Boulogne in 1544.
At Canterbury Cathedral, Thomas Tallis was caught between Archbishop Thomas Cranmer's push for reform, and resistance from the more conservative members of the cathedral's chapter. Cranmer recommended a syllabic style of music where each syllable is sung to one pitch, as his instructions make clear for the setting of the 1544 English Litany. As a result, the writing of Tallis became more simple. Tallis' Mass for Four Voices, while in Latin, is written in syllabic homophony, with a diminished use of melisma.
Music under Edward VI and Mary I
The reformed Anglican liturgy was inaugurated during the short reign of Edward VI (1547–53), and Tallis began to write anthems set to English words, as well as services for the Book of Common Prayer. Tallis' English setting for the Benedictus stylistically dates from this period, although it remained in use as Byrd quoted Tallis' "which hath bene since the world began" melody in his own Great Service. Tallis' famous If ye love me certainly dates from the reign of Edward VI, as the Wanley Partbook of 1549-1552 is the earliest source for the anthem.
Queen Mary set about undoing some of the religious reforms of the preceding decades, following her accession in 1553. Mary restored the Sarum Rite, and the compositional style of the Chapel Royal reverted to the votive style prevalent early in the century, albeit in a form even more steeped in continental practices than that emerging in the 1530s. The marriage between Mary and Prince Philip of Spain allowed for a new artistic exchange between England and Spain. Philip's chapel choir accompanied him to England in 1554. Therefore, Tallis was exposed to visiting continental composers, as evident in Suscipe quaeso Domine, which is a non-liturgical 7-voice motet composed to celebrate the end of the English schism. Suscipe quaeso is written in a low-pitched Flemish style to suit the singing tradition of Philip's choir. Loquebantur variis linguis and Miserere nostri have the same 7-voice-scoring, meaning that they were also composed with Philip's singers in mind. Miserere nostri is notably written in the complex canonical technique of the continent with its use of multiple augmentative prolations.
Missa Puer natus est nobis, likely composed in December 1554 for the both chapel choirs, is more conservative in that it is composed around a festive cantus firmus "Puer natus est nobis" that alludes to the birth of a boy for England. Queen Mary believed she was pregnant from 1554-1555, and that the Catholic succession was to be secured, hence the large, celebratory scale of Missa Puer natus. The mass has characteristics of the English votive style, such as cross-relations, yet the mass also has characteristics of the Flemish tradition. In the tenor part, there are cryptic, puzzle-like patterns made from the varying note lengths with which Tallis modified the cantus firmus. Milsom writes that the patterns are "almost cabbalistic", while Wulfstan suggests that Tallis' use of patterns actually resemble Ockeghem's mathematical "games" with cantus firmi. Philips writes that the overall esoteric significance is "difficult to discern".
Some of Tallis' keyboard works were compiled by Thomas Mulliner in a manuscript copybook called The Mulliner Book before Queen Elizabeth's reign, and may have been used by the queen herself when she was younger. Following Elizabeth's accession, the Act of Uniformity abolished the Roman Liturgy[3][./Thomas_Tallis#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrell2001125-4 [3]] and firmly established the Book of Common Prayer. Composers resumed writing English anthems, although the practice continued of setting Latin texts among composers employed by Elizabeth's Chapel Royal.
Matthew Parker's Psalter and Early Elizabethan Works
The religious authorities at the beginning of Elizabeth's reign, being Protestant, tended to discourage polyphony in church unless the words were clearly audible or, as the 1559 Injunctions stated, "playnelye understanded, as if it were read without singing". Tallis wrote nine psalm chant tunes for four voices for Archbishop Matthew Parker's Psalter published in 1567. One of the nine tunes was the "Third Mode Melody" which inspired the composition of Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1910. Another of the tunes, a setting of Psalm 67, became known as "Tallis's Canon". A version of it published by Thomas Ravenscroft was used as the tune for Thomas Ken's "All praise to thee, my God, this night".
The Injunctions, however, also allowed a more elaborate piece of music to be sung in church at certain times of the day. Tallis' more complex Elizabethan anthems and motets may have been sung in this context, or alternatively by the many families who sang sacred polyphony at home. Although older works from the reigns of Henry and Queen Mary continued to be copied and distributed, the votive style was superseded by a modern, highly-imitative method of counterpoint, typical of late sixteenth-century choral traditions. Tallis' better-known works from the Elizabethan years that employ this method include his settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet for the Holy Week, the motet O nata lux, and Spem in alium.
Spem in alium is written for eight five-voice choirs, and is thought to have been commissioned by the Earl of Arundel upon hearing a secret performance of Alessandro Striggio's Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno or his 40-part motet, Ecce beatam lucem. Spem in alium takes its text from the apocryphal Book of Judith that concerns the slaying of Holofernes in order to save Israel. Milsom proposes the notion that the Arundel or the Duke of Norfolk, both of whom had Catholic leanings, with the latter implicated in the Ridolfi plot, might have commissioned the motet for a text that has covert political meaning, as an allegory for an eventual assassination of Elizabeth. Despite the allegorical association, and Spem in alium appearing in the Nonsuch palace catalogue for its presumed performance with Arundel and Norfolk in attendance, there is no evidence that Tallis was involved in the plot himself. Spem in alium has unique numerology: there are 40 voices for 40 days of Christ in the Desert, and the motet's length of 69 'longs' adds up to T-A-L-L-I-S in Latin letters.
Late Elizabethan Works
Toward the end of his life, Tallis continued to innovate. Two large-scale keyboard works, Felix namque I and Felix namque II, can be found in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (FVB 109 & FVB 110) and are composed in a virtuosic manner unparalleled by any other European keyboard tradition of the period. Tallis' secular output increased towards the end of his compositional career, as he produced two In Nomines, a Fantasy, a Solfing Song (Ut-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol), one keyboard Lesson in Two Parts (also attrib. John Bull) and English songs such as When shall my sorrowful sighing slack? The latter was popular enough to appear in English and Scottish sources. O sacrum convivium and Salvator mundi may also have been written as secular fantasias for viols before being given liturgical texts for the 1575 Cantiones sacrae.
In the Baldwin Partbooks, two psalm settings survive from Tallis: Domine quis habitabit and Laudate Dominum omnes gentes. Domine quis habitabit is the longer of the two, and is written in the Flemish style. Laudate Dominum, while shorter, is written in a more sprung, lively Elizabethan style. Laudate Dominum made an impression on the young William Byrd, who used the motet as a model for his own Laudate pueri. Tallis was willing to draw upon his experience in adopting Flemish influences, while also retaining English character in his music through the use of English cadences.
Tallis was experimental in his final known compositions in the 1575 Cantiones sacrae: In jejunio has a high amount of word-painting, with the motet being purposely and unusually printed at a low pitch to reflect the sorrowful nature of the Lenten text. Derelinquat impius is simply bizarre in that it defies any initial tonal centre. Continuous peregrinations and eccentric seventh intervals at every "misericors est" convey the waywardness of the wicked in the text.
Influence and Reputation
Tallis is remembered as primarily a composer of sacred vocal music, in part because of the small output of instrumental and secular music that can be successfully attributed to him. Records are incomplete on his works from previous periods; 11 of his 18 Latin-texted pieces from Elizabeth's reign were published, "which ensured their survival in a way not available to the earlier material". Tallis was never referred to as a "father of English Church music" in his lifetime (unlike Byrd, who was called a "Father of Musicke" in 17th-century chapel rolls); the epithet for Tallis was a product of the Victorian revival. Tallis, nevertheless, was highly revered, with John Baldwin, compiler of the Baldwin Partbooks, naming him as one of the greatest composers of the period, although giving much more deference to Mundy as one of the "Queen's Pallis". Some of Tallis' works were copied by a scribe of Edward Paston, who himself gifted copies to another musician and recusant, Sir John Petre. Byrd modelled his Great Service and Laudate pueri on earlier settings by Tallis. Although Tallis did progress with the continuing changes in English music, his surviving works became outdated by the English Madrigal period and the direct influence of Tallis' music waned. Thomas Morley, in his 1597 Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke, names "Fairfax, Taverner, Sheppard, Mundy, White, Parsons, W. Byrde" as equals to Lassus, and among the greatest composers of their day. Tallis has quite obviously been omitted.
Modern scholars generally believe that Tallis stood out among other important composers of the time, including Christopher Tye and Robert White. The author and composer Ernest Walker wrote that "he had more versatility of style" than Tye and White, and "his general handling of his material was more consistently easy and certain". John Milsom, musicologist and editor of early music scores, wrote that Tallis modified and revised his scores far more than John Sheppard and White, deliberately aligning later copies of his older works to a newer continental technique of imitative counterpoint. David Allinson, musicologist and director of music at Canterbury Christ Church University, commented in a 2005 NPR segment that Tallis' "Spem in alium is about twenty times better'" than Striggio's 40-part motet because "where the Striggio is content to rely on big, harmonic effects and contrasts, Tallis' piece is a truly woven polyphonic piece of music." Also in 2005, Tess Knighton, musicologist and historian, wrote that Tallis was, "undoubtably a genius".
In 1971, the Thomas Tallis School in Kidbrooke opened, a mixed comprehensive school named after the composer.
Revival
Most of Tallis' music that remained in continuous use following his death was his music in the English language, mostly notably his Dorian Service, individual movement settings such as the Benedictus and Te Deum for means, two sets of responses, two double-chants and various other hymns, psalms and anthems for the Book of Common Prayer. It was only in the Victorian period, when interest in early music began to increase, that Spem in alium was rediscovered and began to be experimented with immediately. 20th century composers, such as Ralph Vaughan Williams and Herbert Howells, borrowed Tallis' themes for use in their own music. In the 1920s, the monumental series Tudor Church Music, produced with the support of the Carnegie Trust, revived Tallis' Latin music from across his career. R. R. Terry, chairman of the Carnegie trust at the time, pushed for the revival of Tudor church music in order to increase the choral repertoire for use at Westminster Cathedral.
Early music groups, such as the Clerkes of Oxenford and The Tallis Scholars, further contributed to interest in Tallis' Latin music. Chapelle du Roi recorded the complete works of Tallis in 2005 to celebrate 500 years since the estimated birth of Thomas Tallis. Alamire also recorded Se Lord and behold for their 2017 album Queen Katherine Parr and Songs of Reformation under the label Obsidian.
Appearance
No contemporaneous portrait of Tallis survives; the one painted by Gerard Vandergucht dates from 150 years after the composer's death, and there is no reason to suppose that it is a fair likeness. In a rare existing copy of his blackletter signature, he spelled his name "Tallys".
In popular culture
A fictionalised version of Thomas Tallis was portrayed by Joe Van Moyland in the 2007 Showtime television series The Tudors. In 2018, If ye love me was sung at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
The Gloria of Missa Puer natus est nobis was rearranged by Tangerine Dream and used in their soundtrack for The Keep. Spem in alium features prominently in films such as Touching the Void (2003) and Boychoir (2014), as well as television programmes such as Endeavour (2019) and Mystery Road (2020). Spem in alium reached the No. 1 spot on the Classical Singles Chart in 2012 after being featured in the classical album for Fifty Shades of Grey. Audivi vocem features in Inspector Gadget (1999) and The Perfect Game (2009). If ye love me features in Wreckers (2011) and Vox Lux (2018), while Tallis' Te Deum for means can be heard during Queen Elizabeth's coronation in Elizabeth (1998).
Discography & profile
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| Wikipedia language versions | 47 | 96.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 63 | 95.7th |
| Studio albums | 53 | 99.4th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 55 | 99.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -374 | 0.8th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
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Discography (63 release groups · 53 studio albums)
Albums · 53
1959 · studio album
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A1Motet: In Jejunio Et FletuA2The Lamentations of Jeremiah, Part IA3The Lamentations of Jeremiah, Part IIB1Mass for Four Voices: Gloria in Excelsis DeoB2Mass for Four Voices: Credo in Unum DeumB3Mass for Four Voices: SanctusB4Mass for Four Voices: Agnus Dei1961 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 45:34
1Te Deum9:032Iam Lucis1:183Clarifica Me, Pater0:514Fantasy2:085In Ieiunio Et Fletu4:456Audivi Vocem4:147Alleluia, I heard a voice2:528Nunc Dimittis3:379Voluntary2:0410Voluntary1:5011Give Ear, O Lord6:4412When David Heard3:5513Hosanna To The Son Of David2:131981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:03:38
1Mass: Salve Intemerata Virgo: Gloria5:492Mass: Salve Intemerata Virgo: Clarifica me Pater, no. 1 (organ)1:533Mass: Salve Intemerata Virgo: Credo7:094Mass: Salve Intemerata Virgo: Clarifica me Pater, no. 2 (organ)1:365Mass: Salve Intemerata Virgo: Sanctus: Benedictus6:406Mass: Salve Intemerata Virgo: Clarifica me Pater, no. 3 (organ)2:017Mass: Salve Intemerata Virgo: Agnus Dei6:218Mass: The Western Wind: Western Wind: Cantus Firmus0:509Mass: The Western Wind: Gloria4:4810Mass: The Western Wind: Credo5:1911Mass: The Western Wind: Sanctus: Benedictus6:0712Mass: The Western Wind: Agnus Dei6:1713Verbum caro8:48Gaude gloriosa - Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
1984 · studio album
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A1Dum transisset Sabbatum6:22A2In ieiunio et fletu4:43A3Derelinquat impius2:59A4Magnificat and Nunc dimittis13:32B5Candidi facti sunt4:36B6Salvador mundi, salva nos1:52B7Absterge, Domine5:04B8Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater16:481984 · studio album
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A1In manus tuas2:10A2In ieinio et fletu5:15A3Spem in alium nunquam habui (40 Part Motet)12:00B1Te lucis ante terminum (1)1:37B2Te lucis ante terminum (2)2:04B3Ecce tempus idoneum4:09B4Veni Redemptor gentium2:45B5O nata lux2:50B6Salvator mundi3:00B7Derelinquat impius4:251985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 43:07
1Spem in alium, 40 voice motet9:532Sancte Deus5:163Salvator mundi, salva nos I2:204Salvator mundi, salva nos II2:365Gaude gloriosa16:426Miserere nostri2:317Loquebantur variis linguis3:491987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 54:11
1The Lamentations of Jeremiah - Incipit lamentatione8:482The Lamentations of Jeremiah - De lamentatione12:573Salvator mundi2:494O Sacrum Convivium3:485Mass for four voices - Gloria5:046Mass for four voices - Credo5:437Mass for four voices - Sanctus2:548Mass for four voices - Benedictus2:379Mass for four voices - Agnus Dei4:0210Absterge Domine5:291988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:08:53
1Mass, "Puer Natus Est Nobis": Introït2:542Mass, "Puer Natus Est Nobis": Gloria10:053Mass, "Puer Natus Est Nobis": Credo (fragment)1:224Mass, "Puer Natus Est Nobis": Sanctus8:375Mass, "Puer Natus Est Nobis": Agnus Dei8:396Motet "Suscipe Quaeso Domine"8:087Motet "Salvator Mundi"4:238Motet "Regina Coeli"4:299Motet "Portio Mea Domine"6:4410Motet "Domine Quis Habitavit"8:3811Motet "Christe Qui Lux Es"4:541989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:07:29
1Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater18:202Te Lucis Ante Terminum (Procul Recedent Somnia)1:533Miserere Nostri1:454Salvator Mundi I2:405Lamentations Of Jeremiah I8:476Salvator Mundi II2:337O Sacrum Convivium3:558Suscipe, Quaeso Domine8:379O Nata Lux1:4510In Jejunio Et Fletu4:1011Lamentations Of Jeremiah II13:041990 · studio album
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1Spem in alium2Te lucis ante terminum3O nata lux4The Lamentations of Jeremiah: I. Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae5The Lamentations of Jeremiah: II. De lamentatione Jeremiae prophetae6O sacrum convivium7Jesu salvator saeculi8Salvator mundi, salva nos9Loquebantur variis linguis10Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:00:09
1Spem in alium9:012Lamentations of Jeremiah I7:393Lamentations of Jeremiah II12:564Videte miraculum10:495Dum transisset sabbatum7:586Honor, virtus et potestas6:427Loquebantur variis linguis5:041990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 58:56
1O salutaris hostia3:352In ieiunio et fletu5:073Salvator mundi I3:344In manus tuas, Domine2:275Salvator mundi II3:226The Lamentations of Jeremiah I7:487O sacrum convivium4:258O nata lux de lumine1:589Te lucis ante terminum2:2110The Lamentations of Jeremiah II13:1511Spem in alium11:04Spem in alium / Lamentations of Jeremiah
1992 · studio album
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Disc 11Spem in alium11:342In manus tuas2:113In ieiunio et fletu5:154Te lucis ante terminum I1:415Te lucis ante terminum II2:096Ecce tempus idoneum4:117Veni Redemptor gentium2:468O nata lux de lumine2:019Salvator mundi3:0310Derelinquat impius4:3011Vidente miraculum10:5612Organ Lesson4:3413Sancte Deus5:55Disc 21Lamentatio Ieremiae I9:362Lamentatio Ieremiae II15:023Te Deum9:074Iam lucis orto sidere1:255Clarifica me, pater0:586Fantasy2:157Audivi vocem4:208Dum transisset sabbatum7:569Honor, virtus et potestas6:4010Loquebantur variis linguis5:01Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 53 tracks · 1:06:48
11. Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae1:2122. Aleph0:4833. Quomodo sedet sola civitas0:4244. Princeps provinciarum1:0655. Beth0:3466. Plorans ploravit in nocte0:4977. Non est qui consoletur eam0:5388. Omnes amici eius0:4999. Jerusalem1:40101. De lamentatione Jeremiae prophetae1:41112. Ghimel0:58123. Migravit Juda0:41134. Habitavit inter gentes1:02145. Daleth0:32156. Omnes persecutores eius0:59167. Lugent eo quod non sunt0:43178. Omnes portae eius1:07189. Heth0:351910. Facti sunt hostes0:382011. Quia Dominus locutus est1:012112. Parvuli eius ducti sunt captivi0:352213. Jerusalem1:462314. Convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum0:48241. Absterge Domine0:54252. Et ignosce poenitenti0:36263. Tibi soli fidit anima mea0:59274. Dolorem meum testantur0:45285. Sis memor Domine0:46296. Nunc exaudi preces meas0:53307. Tibi spiritus meus1:15311. Derelinquat impius1:47322. Quia benignus et misericors est2:0533Mihi autem nimis2:35341. O sacrum convivium0:37352. Recolitur memoria passionis eius1:04363. Et futurae gloriae1:56371. In ieiunio et fletu0:53382. Parce, Domine1:23393. Inter vestibulum et altare2:14401. O salutaris hostia1:08412. Bella premunt hostilia1:5242In manus tuas2:0643O nata lux2:02441. Salve intemerata virgo Maria1:02452. Annae mulieris sanctissimae1:40463. Et dum eum conciperes2:51474. Tu nimirum universas2:01485. Per haec nos1:49496. Te precamur1:33507. Apud Deum Patrem2:01518. Secundum humanitatem autem1:15529. Ut peccatorum nostrorum0:555310. Semper congaudere teque2:031993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:02:49
1Loquebantur variis linguis, motet for 7 voices, P. 2723:472Salvator mundi (I) (also set as "Arise O Lord" and "With all our hearts"), motet for 5 voices, P. 2163:593O sacrum convivium (also set as "I call and cry to thee" and "O sacred and holy banquet"), motet for 5 voices, P. 2104:494Audivi vocem, motet for 4 voices, P. 903:515Sancte Deus, motet (antiphon) for 4 voices, P. 985:296Videte miraculum, motet for 6 voices, P. 29313:207Te lucis ante terminum (Procul recedant somnia) (I), motet for 5 voices, P. 2142:028In manus tuas, motet for 5 voices, P. 2022:429Mass for Four voices, P. 31, I. Gloria6:2710Mass for Four voices, P. 31, II. Credo7:1811Mass for Four voices, P. 31, III. Sanctus2:4712Mass for Four voices, P. 31, IV. Benedictus2:4813Mass for Four voices, P. 31, V. Agnus Dei3:30Lamentations, Motets, String Music
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:10:47
1The Lamentations - First Set8:302The Lamentations - Second Set13:103Absterge Domine4:334In jejunio et fletu4:275If ye love me2:026O sacrum convivium3:127Audivi vocem3:318Derelinquit impius4:259Salvator mundi3:0410A solfing song2:0311In nomine2:5712Benedictus5:2813Fond youth is a bubble1:3414Third Tune for Archbishop Parker's Psalter ("Why fum'th in sight")3:4515Like as the doleful dove1:4116Eighth Tune for Acrchbishop Parker's Psalter ("Tallis' Canon")1:0717When shall my sorrowful sighing slake3:1118Te lucis ante terminum2:07Salvator mundi / Lamentatio I / Lamentatio II / Sancte Deus / Magnificat
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 40:05
1Salvator mundi2:312Lamentatio 17:433Lamentatio 212:554Sancte Deus6:095Magnificat10:47The Complete Works, Volume 1: Music for Henry VIII
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:11:55
1Ave Dei patris filia15:312Ave rosa sine spinis11:133Alleluia: Ora pro nobis3:564Euge celi porta2:285Kyrie Deus creator2:286Mass Salve Intemerata: Gloria5:117Mass Salve Intemerata: Credo6:058Mass Salve Intemerata: Sanctus & Benedictus5:049Mass Salve Intemerata: Agnus Dei15:5410Salve intemerata4:05The Complete Works, Volume 2: Music at the Reformation
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:10:22
1Magnificat10:032Nunc dimittis3:113Sancte Deus5:574Conditor: Kyrie2:265Mass for four voices: Gloria5:146Mass for four voices: Credo6:407Mass for four voices: Sanctus2:598Mass for four voices: Benedictus2:539Mass for four voices: Agnus Dei4:1410Remember not, O Lord God3:1411Hear the voice and prayer3:1412If ye love me2:1113A new commandment2:4814Benedictus6:2315Te Deum for meanes8:55The Complete Works, Volume 3: Music for Queen Mary
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:04:37
1Beati immaculati3:572Introit: Puer natus est nobis3:063Kyrie: Deus creator2:314Missa Puer natus est nobis: Gloria7:455Gradual: Viderunt omnes3:356Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus1:577Sequence: Celeste organum3:418Missa Puer natus est nobis: Sanctus3:429Missa Puer natus est nobis Benedictus2:4110Missa Puer natus est nobis: Agnus dei5:5511Communion: Viderunt omnes0:4012Suscipe quaeso7:5513Gaude gloriosa17:121998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 56:20
1Missa Puer natus est nobis: Gloria9:092Missa Puer natus est nobis: Sanctus & Benedictus7:193Missa Puer natus est nobis: Agnus Dei7:294Missa Puer natus est nobis: Audivi vocem4:085Missa Puer natus est nobis: Magnificat (4vv)11:566Missa Puer natus est nobis: Ave Dei patris filia16:19The Complete Works, Volume 4: Music for the Divine Office - 1
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:06:34
1Hodie nobis caelorum4:002Salvator mundi4:283Quod chorus vatum4:444Videte miraculum9:115In pace in idipsum6:116Dum transisset sabbatum7:027Jesu salvator saeculi4:008Sermone blando5:319Jam Christus astra ascenderat5:1610Loquebantur variis linguis4:1511Magnificat11:56Spem in alium / Lamentations / Mass & Motets
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:07:20
1Te lucis ante terminum2:432Salvator mundi2:553Spem in alium9:594In iejunio et fletu4:385O salutaris hostia3:196Lamentations I7:597Lamentations II12:178Miserere2:379Mass for 4 Voices: Gloria5:2110Mass for 4 Voices: Credo6:1111Mass for 4 Voices: Sanctus2:4712Mass for 4 Voices: Benedictus2:4413Mass for 4 Voices: Agnus Dei3:50Spem in alium / Lamentations / Mass & Motets
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:07:22
1Te lucis ante terminum2:432Salvator mundi2:553Spem in alium9:594In iejunio et fletu4:385O Salutaris hostia3:196Lamentations I7:597Lamentations II12:178Miserere2:379Mass for 4 voices Gloria5:2010Credo6:1011Sanctus2:4812Benedictus2:4313Agnus Dei3:542001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:00:07
1Spem in alium9:012Lamentations of Jeremiah I7:393Lamentations of Jeremiah II12:564Videte miraculum10:505Dum transisset sabbatum7:576Honor, virtus et potestas6:427Loquebantur variis linguis5:022001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:07:46
1Kyrie fons bonitatis3:182Missa Salve intemerata: I. Gloria5:133Plainsong gradual: Propter veritatem3:554Missa Salve intemerata: II. Credo6:225Plainsong antiphon: Beata Dei genitrix1:226Votive antiphon: Ave rosa sine spinis11:347Plainsong antiphon: Nesciens mater0:558Fantasy in A minor2:309Plainsong antiphon: Regina caeli1:3510Votive antiphon: Salve intemerata15:5711Plainsong antiphon: Ave regina caelorum1:2412Missa Salve intemerata: III. Sanctus3:1313Missa Salve intemerata: IV. Benedictus3:0014Plainsong communion: Beata viscera0:5015Missa Salve intemerata: V. Agnus Dei6:382001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:07:36
1Lamentations of Jeremiah I8:572Lamentations of Jeremiah II13:133Absterge Domine6:114Derelinquat impus3:545Mihi autem nimis2:356O sacrum convivium3:387In ieiunio et fletu4:328O salutaris hostia3:019In manus tuas2:0710O nata lux2:0211Antiphon: Salve intemerata17:26The Complete Works, Volume 5: Music for the Divine Office - 2
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:17:56
1Audivi vocem de coelo3:292Candidi facti sunt4:323Honor virtus et potestas5:494Homo quidam fecit coenam5:055Te lucis ante terminum (Ferial)1:356Te lucis ante terminum (Festal)2:097Natus est nobis hodie0:538Veni redemptor genitum7:369Jam lucis orto sidere4:0410Ex more docti mistico4:1211Ecce tempus idoneum7:1412Magnificat & Clarifica me pater (I)4:3413Clarifica me pater (II)1:0414Clarifica me pater (III)1:1115Gloria tibi Trinitas1:5116Iste confessor5:0617Alleluia: Per te Dei genitrix5:0218Felix namque (II)12:30Spem in Alium: Music for Monarchs and Magnates
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 27 tracks · 3:34:48
Disc 11Spem in Alium9:462O All True Faithful Hearts4:253Deus Venerunt Gentes13:314Know You Not8:255Great King of Gods5:016O God, the Heathen Are Come10:077Te Deum8:498Be Strong3:119Sing and Glorify8:21Disc 21Spem in Alium9:462O All True Faithful Hearts4:253Deus Venerunt Gentes13:314Know You Not8:255Great King of Gods5:016O God, the Heathen Are Come10:077Te Deum8:498Be Strong3:119Sing and Glorify8:21Disc 31Spem in Alium9:462O All True Faithful Hearts4:253Deus Venerunt Gentes13:314Know You Not8:255Great King of Gods5:016O God, the Heathen Are Come10:077Te Deum8:498Be Strong3:119Sing and Glorify8:212003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 2:09:34
Disc 11Videte miraculum a 69:202Homo quidam a 65:303Audivi vocem a 43:434Candidi facti sunt a 54:565Dum transisset sabbatum a 58:076Honor, virtus et potestas a 56:177Hodie nobis a 43:258Loquebantur variis linguis a 75:019In pace, in idipsum a 45:3010Spem in alium a 4010:21Disc 21Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater a 618:202Te lucis ante terminum (Procul recedent somnia) I a 51:523Miserere nostri a 71:454Salvator mundi I a 52:395Lamentations of Jeremiah I a 58:466Salvator mundi II a 52:337O sacrum convivium a 53:558Suscipe, quaeso Domine a 78:379O nata lux a 51:4510In jejunio et fletu a 54:1011Lamentations of Jeremiah II a 513:022004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:01:07
1Salvator mundi (I)2:132O Sacrum Convivium3:093In manus tuas1:454O nata lux de lumine1:505Absterge Domine5:146Discomfort them, O Lord4:297Domine, quis habitabit8:228Laudate Dominum3:599Miserere nostri2:1410Salvator mundi II2:1711Mihi autem nimis2:0912O salutaris hostia2:3213In ieiunio et fletu (Low)3:4714In ieiunio et fletu (High)3:1715Derelinquit impius3:4216Spem in alium10:08The Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 2:39:09
Disc 11Spem in alium, P. 2999:572Sancte Deus, P. 985:153Salvator mundi I, P. 2162:204Salvator mundi II, P. 2192:355Gaude gloriosa Dei mater, P. 12316:456Miserere nostri, P. 2072:317Loquebantur variis linguis, P. 2723:458If ye love me2:049Hear the voice and prayer3:0210A new commandment2:4211O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit2:1712Purge me, O Lord1:4313Verily, verily I say unto you1:4214Remember not, O Lord God3:4415Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter7:5316O Lord, in thee is all my trust2:5617Christ rising again (attrib. William Byrd)4:3618Blessed are the those that be undefiled3:46Disc 21Lamentations of Jeremiah I, P. 1028:542Lamentations of Jeremiah II, P. 11013:133Absterge Domine, P. 1806:134O sacrum convivium, P. 2103:395In manus tuus, P. 2022:116Salve intemerata virgo, P. 14417:107Magnificat à 4, P. 6411:568Ave, Dei patris filia, P. 16216:202005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:11:08
1In ieiunio et fletu4:252Te lucis ante terminum2:203Audivi vocem3:594Omnes gentes5:045Missa Sine Nomine: Gloria7:096Gaudete celicole omnes5:557Beati omnes6:398Missa Sine Nomine: Credo6:399Salvator mundi2:3110Laudate pueri Dominum6:1111Missa Sine Nomine: Sanctus5:5612Eterne rex, altissime4:0513Missa Sine Nomine: Agnus Dei5:1314In pace, in idipsum5:022005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 33 tracks · 1:16:19
1Christ Rising Again From the Dead4:392Preces (1st Set)1:093Venite3:264Te Deum4:395Benedictus3:426Responses and Collects for Easter Matins4:487Commandments5:318Credo3:419Offertory Sentence0:4010Sanctus0:3411Gloria1:4712Preces (2nd Set)1:0713Wherewith Shall a Young Man2:1714O Do Well Unto Thy Servant2:2815My Soul Cleaveth to the Dust2:4716Magnificat3:1017Nunc Dimittis1:4618Responses and Collects for Christmas Eve Evensong4:4719O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit2:0620Purge Me, O Lord1:4821Verily, Verily I Say Unto You1:4122Remember Not, O Lord God4:3523O Lord, in Thee Is All My Trust2:4224Out From the Deep1:5425Man Blest No Doubt0:5926Let God Arise in Majesty0:4427Why Fum'th in Fight0:5028O Come in One to Praise the Lord1:2029E'en Like the Hunted Hind0:5230Expend, O Lord, My Plaint1:1931Why Brag'st in Malice High0:3932God Grant With Grace1:1033Ordinal0:422005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:03:21
1Lamentations of Jeremiah I7:482Lamentations of Jeremiah II12:203Wipe Away My Sins5:174Forgive Me, Lord, My Sin5:395Blessed Are Those That Be Undefiled4:166Arise, O Lord, and Hear2:237With All Our Hearts2:298I Call and Cry to Thee3:059O Sacred and Holy Banquet3:0610When Jesus Went Into Simon the Pharisee's House2:2611Blessed Be Thy Name2:2112O Praise the Lord II2:3313Sing and Glorify Heaven's High Majesty9:382005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 27 tracks · 1:41:54
Disc 11In Nomine I2:032In Nomine II3:333A Solfing Song2:114Salvator Mundi (Trio)1:585Fantasia4:206Felix Namque II12:117Felix Namque I10:468When Shall My Sorrowful Sighing Slack1:409Like as the Doleful Dove1:4010O Ye Tender Babes1:3211Purge Me, O Lord1:2612Per Haec Nos1:4813A Point0:3714Lesson: Two Partes in One5:2515Remember Not, O Lord God3:2016Per Haec Nos1:2017A Point0:3818Lesson: Two Partes in One5:2419Tu Nimirum2:0120When Shall My Sorrowful Sighing Slack4:3621Like as the Doleful Dove1:4022O Ye Tender Babes1:3723Ye Sacred Muses3:26Disc 21Litany14:302Verset I0:553Verset II0:444Felix Namque10:33Spem in alium / Missa Salve intemerata
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:17:18
1Spem in alium (40-Voice Motet)12:202Salve intemerata (Motet)23:103Missa Salve intemerata: Gloria6:374Missa Salve intemerata: Credo7:555Missa Salve intemerata: Sanctus7:476Missa Salve intemerata: Agnus Dei5:317With all our heart3:128Discomfort them, O Lord6:379I call and cry to thee, O Lord4:092005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:09:13
1Jesu salvator saeculi4:252Gaude gloriosa17:303Sermone blando angelus5:264Magnificat a510:285Nunc dimittis a53:256Mihi autem nimis2:367Absterge Domine5:588Derelinquat impius4:059Loquebantur variis linguis4:0810Suscipe quaeso Domine9:1411O nata lux1:58Lamentations of Jeremiah / Contrafacta
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:03:21
1Lamentations of Jeremiah I7:482Lamentations of Jeremiah II12:203Wipe Away My Sins5:174Forgive Me, Lord, My Sin5:395Blessed Are Those That Be Undefiled4:166Arise, O Lord, and Hear2:237With All Our Hearts2:298I Call and Cry to Thee3:059O Sacred and Holy Banquet3:0610When Jesus Went Into Simon the Pharisee's House2:2611Blessed Be Thy Name2:2112O Praise the Lord II2:3313Sing and Glorify Heaven's High Majesty9:382012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 2:45:56
Disc 11Praise the Lord, O my Soul6:412Lord we beseech thee3:563O clap your hands5:514Hymns and Song No 1, 20, 31, 5 & 224:275O Lord, in thy wrath3:396I am the Resurrection4:567Hymns and Songs No 9, 13, 67, 47, 18, 24, 3 & 49:108See, see, the world is in carnate7:119Hosanna to the son of David3:0510Sing onto the Lord6:0911Blessed are all they5:0612O Lord, how do my woes increase1:2913Preces and Psalm 1455:4614O Lord, I lift my heart to thee2:23Disc 21Mass «Cantate» / «Spiritus Sanctus»: Gloria8:502Mass «Cantate» / «Spiritus Sanctus»: Credo10:213Mass «Cantate» / «Spiritus Sanctus»: Sanctus6:224Mass «Cantate» / «Spiritus Sanctus»: Agnus Dei5:235Mass «Cantate» / «Spiritus Sanctus»: Response / Spiritus Sanctus8:05Disc 31Messe «Per natus est»: Introduction2:552Messe «Per natus est»: Gloria10:093Messe «Per natus est»: Credo (Fragment)1:284Messe «Per natus est»: Sanctus8:415Messe «Per natus est»: Agnus Dei8:476Lamentations of Jeremiah for 5 voices25:062013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:08:42
1O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit2:582Missa Salve intemerata: Gloria5:053Missa Salve intemerata: Credo6:024Missa Salve intemerata: Sanctus2:525Missa Salve intemerata: Benedictus2:346Missa Salve intemerata: Agnus Dei4:307Man blest no doubt (no. 1 of 9 Psalm Tunes)3:418I call and cry to thee3:429If ye love me2:2410Domine, quis habitabit?8:1511A new commandment2:5812Alleluia. Ora pro nobis4:0013Let God arise (no. 2 of 9 Psalm Tunes)3:3514Salve intemerata virgo16:062014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:07:39
1Salvator mundi, Domine4:162Puer natus est nobis4:233Missa Puer natus est nobis: Gloria9:184Missa Puer natus est nobis: Sanctus and Benedictus7:515Missa Puer natus est nobis: Agnus Dei7:496Quod chorus vatum4:267Benedictus6:028Magnificat a 410:339Audivi vocem de caelo3:4510Videte miraculum9:162015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:13:41
1O salutaris hostia3:112Wipe Away My Sins5:483Why Fum’th in Fight (No. 3 of 9 Psalm Tunes)3:544Ave, rosa sine spinis10:495Blessed Be Thy Name2:306Te lucis ante terminum I2:067In manus tuas, Domine2:148Te lucis ante terminum II1:449Salvator mundi II2:5510O Come in One to Praise the Lord (No. 4 of 9 Psalm Tunes)4:1511When Jesus Went Into Simon the Pharisee’s House2:4612Euge caeli porta1:4213Mass for Four Voices: Gloria5:3614Mass for Four Voices: Credo6:1315Mass for Four Voices: Sanctus3:1016Mass for Four Voices: Benedictus3:2417Mass for Four Voices: Agnus Dei5:0618Laudate Dominum3:5419Miserere nostri2:242015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:11:59
1Honor, virtus et potestas6:092Candidi facti sunt Nazarei4:463Homo quidam fecit coenam5:404Ave, Dei patris filia15:465Christ Rising Again5:036Out from the Deep2:057Preces and Responses I: O Lord, Open Thou Our Lips1:028Short Service “Dorian”: Venite3:1499 Psalm Tunes: No. 5. E’en Like the Hunted Hind3:22109 Psalm Tunes: No. 6. Expend, O Lord3:2811Short Service “Dorian”: Te Deum4:3712Short Service “Dorian”: Benedictus3:3413Preces and Responses I: The Lord Be with You4:1014Litany9:03Tallis: Tudor Church Music I (Spem in alium)
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:27
1Tallis: In manus tuas2:152Tallis: In ieiunio et fletu5:163Tallis: Spem in alium11:354Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum (1)1:405Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum (2)2:116Tallis: Ecce tempus idoneum4:097Tallis: Veni Redemptor Gentium2:478Tallis: O Nata Lux2:029Tallis: Salvator Mundi3:0310Tallis: Derelinquat impius4:29Lamentations and Other Sacred Music
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:13:09
1Lamentations of Jeremiah I8:292Lamentations of Jeremiah II12:473In pace, in idipsum6:454Short Service “Dorian”: Commandment Responses1:145Short Service “Dorian”: Credo3:396Not every one that saith unto me0:507Short Service “Dorian”: Sanctus0:418Short Service “Dorian”: Gloria2:089Solemnis urgebat dies, Iam Christus astra ascenderat4:5710Sancte Deus6:1611Dum transisset Sabbatum7:41129 Psalm Tunes: Why brag’st in malice high, no. 73:2713Salvator mundi I2:5114Te Deum, “for meanes”8:58159 Psalm Tunes: Come, Holy Ghost, no. 9 “Ordinal”2:26Spem in alium & Other Sacred Music
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:16:50
1In ieiunio et fletu4:562Blessed Are Those That Be Undefiled4:323Purge Me, o Lord2:144Spem in alium10:225God Grant With Grace (No. 8 of 9 Psalm Tunes)4:596O Lord, Open Thou Our Lips (Preces and Responses II)1:077Wherewithal Shall a Young Man2:218O Do Well Unto Thy Servant2:349My Soul Cleaveth to the Dust3:1410Magnificat (Short Service “Dorian”)3:1611Nunc dimittis (Short Service “Dorian”)1:5912The Lord Be With You (Preces and Responses II)5:0513O sacrum convivium3:4914Remember Not, O Lord God3:3615Hear the Voice and Prayer3:1716Verily, Verily I Say Unto You2:2017O Lord, in Thee Is All My Trust3:4318Hodie nobis caelorum rex3:4119Sing and Glorify9:45Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Vol. 5
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 48 tracks · 2:02:05
1Munday’s Joy1:252Fantasia III3:323Fantasia II3:334Goe from My Window4:455Robin2:086Pavana IV2:457Variatio V2:478Galiarda VI1:439Variatio VII1:5810Muscadin XIX0:4111Pavana M.S. XVI2:0912The Irishe Ho‐Hoane XXVI1:0313Praeludium XXV1:1914Pavane XXVII2:5015Variatio XXVIII3:2216Galiarda XXIX1:5217Variatio XXX2:1318Alman XX1:5719Praeludium XXII0:5320Felix namque I, CIX9:0621Praeludium “El. Kiderminster” XXIII1:0622Felix Namque II, CX10:1323Can shee CLXXXVIII1:4824Alman CLII1:3125Pavan CLXIX5:4626Galliard CLXX2:5727Nancie XII4:3928Pavan CLIII5:4629Galiard CLIV2:2630Morley Fantasia CXXIV5:3431La volta CLIX1:1932Worster Braules CCVII1:2433Pavana CXXIII6:5134The Hunting Galliard CXXXII1:5635Pakington’s Pownde CLXXVIII2:1336The Irishe Dumpe CLXXIX1:2137The King’s Morisco CCXLVII1:0538A Toye CCLXIII0:5839Dalling Alman CCLXXXVIII1:1540Watkins Ale CLXXX0:5541Coranto CCXXI1:1742Alman CCXXII1:1043Corrãto CCXXIII0:5344Corranto CCXXIV0:3445Corrãto CCXXV1:1246Corrãto CCXXVI1:0647Alman CCXXVII1:4048Corranto CCXXVIII1:09Virgin and Child - Music from the Baldwin Partbooks II
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:15:21
1Gaude gloriosa Dei mater18:312Mater Christi6:503Tota pulchra es5:294Magnificat10:255Videte miraculum9:566Regina caeli3:207Ave Dei Patris filia13:208Verbum caro7:30Queen Katherine Parr & Songs of Reformation
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:15:30
1Gaude gloriosa dei mater17:012When Jesus went (Salvator mundi II)2:163O Lord, give thy holy spirit2:204Hear the voice and prayer3:035Purge me, O Lord1:496Solfaing Song2:367Verily, verily I say unto you1:498If ye love me2:119O Lord, in thee is all my trust2:3710Libera nos1:5211The Litany16:2912Fantasia (O sacrum convivium)4:2913Se lord and behold (Contrafact of Gaude gloriosa)16:582018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:08:20
1Suscipe quaeso Domine (prima pars)4:542Si enim iniquitates (secunda pars)4:083Missa Puer natus est nobis: I. Gloria8:554Missa Puer natus est nobis: II. Sanctus & Benedictus7:285Missa Puer natus est nobis: III. Agnus Dei6:546In pace in idipsum6:207Miserere nostri Domine2:538Mass for Four Voices: I. Gloria5:509Mass for Four Voices: II. Credo6:2610Mass for Four Voices: III. Sanctus3:0411Mass for Four Voices: IV. Bendictus2:5312Mass for Four Voices: V. Agnus Dei4:1113Loquebantur variis linguis4:24Tallis: Spem in alium / MacMillan: Vidi aquam
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:10:22
1Spem in alium (Forty-Part Motet)9:192O Souverain pasteur et maistre5:243In Monte Oliveti4:044Domine, salva nos3:075Fructum salutiferum0:286Tua est potentia3:407Pater Noster4:088In jejunio et fletu4:159Decantabat populus Israel3:0410Ex altari tuo, Domine0:3111Judica me, Domine7:0812Fac cum servo tuo4:1713Derelinquit impius3:4314Vidi civitatem8:0715Vidi aquam (Forty-Part Motet)9:07BBC Music, Volume 30, Number 11: Lamentations Choral works
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:04:54
1The Lamentations of Jeremiah - Lectio I7:402Lamentations11:463Recordare domine5:514Heth. Cogitavit Dominus7:265Lamentations a 510:236The Lamentations of Jeremiah9:267The Lamentations of Jeremiah - Lectio II12:22
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Renaissance MasterpiecesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 47:191Miserere12:02 2Spem in alium13:46 3Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet21:31 | Compilation | 1985 | |
| 1986 | The Complete English AnthemsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 38:031If ye love me2:02 2Hear the voice and prayer3:04 3A new commandment2:40 4O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit2:17 5Purge me, O Lord1:44 6Verily, verily I say unto you1:44 7Remember not, O Lord God3:42 8Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter7:53 9Out from the deep1:50 10O Lord, in thee is all my trust2:54 11Christ rising again4:37 12Blessed are those that be undefiled3:36 | 1986 | ||
| 2002 | VideteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:01:591Salvator mundi, Domine5:04 2Audivi vocem de caelo4:30 3Salvator mundi, salva nos3:47 4Loquebantur variis linguis4:01 5In pace in idipsum6:16 6O sacrum convivium4:38 7Videte miraculum12:51 8Homo quidam fecit cenam magnam5:15 9Magnificat11:51 10Nunc dimittis3:46 | 12 December 2002 |
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Lamentations of JeremiahSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 45:181Les Lamentations de Jérémie: Première leçon7:31 2Les Lamentations de Jérémie: Deuxième leçon13:31 3Jam lucis orto sidere (orgue)1:28 4Salvator mundi Domine (Cantiones sacrae)5:14 5Deus tuorum militum3:05 6Iste confessor (5 voix; orgue)2:52 7Sermone blando angelus3:07 8Jam Christus astra ascenderat3:59 9Ex more docti mistico (5 voix; orgue)2:19 10Te lucis ante terminum (Cantiones sacrae)2:12 | Compilation | 1988 | |
| 1993 | Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet / Five HymnsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 44:481The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: Part I: Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae1:12 2The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: Part I: Aleph. Quomodo sedet2:36 3The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: Part I: Beth.0:29 4The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: Part I: Plorans ploravit4:08 5The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: Part II: De Lamentatio Jeremiae1:36 6The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: Part II: Gimel.0:59 7The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: Part II: Migravit Judas1:59 8The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: Part II: Daleth.0:32 9The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: Part II: Omnes persecutores3:27 10The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: Part II: Heth.0:32 11The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: Part II: Facti sunt4:45 12Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Jesu Salvator saeculi5:15 13Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Deus tuorum militum4:11 14Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: O nata lux de lumine2:09 15Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Jam Christus astra ascenderat5:39 16Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Salvator mundi Domine5:19 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1993 | Sacred MusicSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:08:521Spem in Alium10:16 2O nata lux de lumine1:44 3Ecce tempus idoneum3:42 4Loquebantur variis linguis3:51 5Gaude gloriosa Dei mater16:05 6Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria virgo11:21 7Laudem dicite deo7:52 8In pace in idipsum4:06 9In manus tuas I3:13 10Verbum caro factum est6:42 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 2005 | The Complete WorksSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | January 2005 | |
| 2009 | The Best of TallisSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:16:451O sacrum convivium4:49 2Audivi vocem3:51 3Lamentations (Set I)8:25 4Discomfort them, O Lord6:36 5Loquebantur variis linguis3:49 6Lamentations (Set II)12:39 7Videte miraculum13:21 8Mass for Four Voices - Sanctus2:48 9I call and cry to thee, O Lord4:13 10Salvator mundi3:58 11Spem in alium12:16 | Compilation | June 2009 | |
| 2018 | The Votive AntiphonsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:17:361Suscipe quaeso Domine9:14 2Gaude gloriosa17:30 3Sancte Deus6:15 4Ave, rosa sine spinis10:49 5Ave, Dei patris filia15:45 6Salve intemerata virgo16:06 7O nata lux1:57 | Compilation | 27 April 2018 |
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 2006 | Spem in aliumSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 14:501Spem in alium8:31 2Interview with the King's Singers6:19 | 6 February 2006 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Thomas Tallis head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 47 | 96.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 63 | 95.7th |
| Studio albums | 53 | 99.4th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 55 | 99.1th |
| Recording span (years) | -374 | 0.8th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
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Tier rule: historic figure (47 language versions, career ended)
Image: no portrait · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q207789 · MusicBrainz: e29c77e6-3bc0-4bea-90ed-4caff60f6bc3
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