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Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 23 November 1585; [n 1] also Tallys or Talles) 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 .
Why Fum'th In Sight (Psalm 2, tune known as the third mode melody, see also Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis) O Come In One To Praise The Lord ; E'en Like The Hunted Hind ; Expend, O Lord, My Plaint ; Why Brag'st In Malice High ; God Grant With Grace (Psalm 67, tune known as Tallis' Canon) Ordinal (Veni Creator)
Thomas Tallis set the first lesson, and second lesson, of Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday between 1560, and 1569: "when the practice of making musical settings of the Holy Week readings from the Book of Jeremiah enjoyed a brief and distinguished flowering in England (the practice had developed on the continent during the early 15th century)".
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Thomas Tallis, a prominent musician of the Chapel Royal at the time, was among the first to write sacred music in English. [7] "If Ye Love Me" is a setting for an a cappella choir of four voice parts, and it is a noted example of this Reformation compositional style, essentially homophonic [citation needed] but with some elaboration and imitation.
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They were not separately named and appear to have become obscure for some centuries following the death of Tallis, but the set includes some of his most famous melodies: the third, "Why fum'th in sight", in the third or Phrygian mode, was used by Ralph Vaughan Williams as the basis of his Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and became known as ...