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Thomas Tallis (/ ˈ t æ l ɪ s /; [2] also Tallys or Talles; c. 1505 – 23 November 1585 [n 1]) 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 .
During the American Revolution, Texas and the Tejanos helped the Americans in the fights in British West Florida. Unlike East Florida, Texas supported U.S. independence by also fighting in New Orleans and other campaigns in the Gulf of Mexico. [63] In 1799, Spain gave Louisiana back to France in exchange for the promise of a throne in central ...
This is a timeline of the Texas Revolution, spanning the time from the earliest independence movements of the area of Texas, over the declaration of independence from Spain, up to the secession of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. The first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired at the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. This marked the ...
The San Jacinto Monument is a memorial to the men who died during the Texas Revolution. Although no new fighting techniques were introduced during the Texas Revolution, [317] casualty figures were quite unusual for the time. Generally, in 19th-century warfare, the number of wounded outnumbered those killed by a factor of two or three.
The American Revolution was the first of the "Atlantic Revolutions": followed most notably by the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the Latin American wars of independence. Aftershocks contributed to rebellions in Ireland, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Netherlands. [231] [232] [230]
The printed word does not fully do justice to the earth-shattering discoveries. At a place called the Gault Site, about an hour north of Austin, archaeologists have pushed back the earliest dates ...
Thomas Tallis, 18th-century engraving; a posthumous, invented portrait [1] by Gerard Vandergucht This is a list of compositions by the English composer Thomas Tallis (c. 1505–1585). Masses
It was Tallis who decided on Buddy Blattner to be the first voice of the team, and Tallis who announced Blattner’s decision in 1968 to bring on 26-year-old Denny Matthews.