McCarthy, Kerry
Tallis (MASTER MUSICIANS SERIES)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780190635213
- author:
- McCarthy, Kerry
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press Inc
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 23.5 x 15.6 centimetres
- Genre:
- Music, History & Criticism, Biography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Thomas Tallis was a composer who thrived in turbulent times. He helped create new musical styles to meet the demands of the English Reformation and revived older forms for a new era.
This biography, by Kerry McCarthy, explores Tallis's long career from his early appointment at Dover Priory to his years as a senior member of the Chapel Royal. The book takes readers on a journey along the River Thames to the palaces, castles, and houses where Tallis made music for four monarchs.
McCarthy revisits key documents of Tallis's life and examines his musical works, including miniature settings of psalms and hymns, as well as monumental forty-voice motets. The book ends with reflections on Tallis's will, epitaph, and other postmortem remembrances that shed light on his significance in the sixteenth-century musical world.
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