Tallis /
"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 Refo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Master musicians series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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"-- |
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| Item Description: | "The volume you are now reading is only part of the Master Musicians book on Tallis. The other part is a website that is hosted (and will be permanently maintained) by Oxford University Press, with sixty brief audio clips chosen to illustrate specific points in the musical discussion"--Page xvii. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 261 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780197533871 0197533876 0190635231 9780190635244 019063524X 9780190635220 0190635223 9780190635237 |