* Thomas Tallis

* November 23 – Thomas Tallis, English composer ( b. c. 1510 )

* Thomas Tallis

* January 21 – * Queen Elizabeth I of England grants a monopoly on producing printed sheet music to Thomas Tallis and William Byrd

Most often choirs consist of four sections intended to sing in four part harmony, but there is no limit to the number of possible parts as long as there is a singer available to sing the part: Thomas Tallis wrote a 40-part motet entitled Spem in alium, for eight choirs of five parts each ; Krzysztof Penderecki's Stabat Mater is for three choirs of 16 voices each, a total of 48 parts.

Tallis ', and a reference in the prefatory material to the Cantiones sacrae published by Tallis and Byrd in 1575 tends to confirm that Byrd was a pupil of Thomas Tallis of the Chapel Royal.

They may also reflect the fact that Byrd's fellow monopolist Tallis and his printer Thomas Vautrollier had died, thus creating a more propitious climate for publishing ventures.

Byrd is honored together with John Merbecke and Thomas Tallis with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church ( USA ) on November 21.

* William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, In Chains of Gold.

His recordings include the lute songs of Dowland, operas by Handel, Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, songs and semioperas by Purcell ( such as The Fairy Queen ), traditional English folk songs, works by Thomas Tallis, and the Bach alto repertoire.

The nearby Thomas Tallis School is built on the former site of an RAF aerodrome, formerly a barrage balloon centre.

* Thomas Tallis School — opened in 1971

Thomas Tallis was the last organist at the Abbey prior to its dissolution.

* Thomas Tallis

His recorded legacy includes, Vaughan Williams ' Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis ', Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, and a 1966 recording of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture with the additional forces of the Band of HM Royal Marines.

* Thomas Tallis: Mass " Puer natus est nobis " ( 1554 )

* Ralph Vaughan Williams-Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Symphony No. 1 (' A Sea Symphony ')

* Ralph Vaughan Williams-Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Concerto Grosso

The " Mag and Nunc " was set by many composers-such as Thomas Tallis, Herbert Sumsion, Charles Wood and John Tavener-of Anglican church music, often for choir a cappella or choir and organ.

This final verse, separated from its proper hymns and sung to the tune " Old 100th ", " Duke Street ", " Lasst uns erfreuen ", " The Eighth Tune " by Thomas Tallis, among others, frequently marks the dedication of alms or offerings at Sunday worship.

Among the Library's most valuable possessions are the manuscripts of Purcell's The Fairy-Queen, Sullivan's The Mikado, Vaughan Williams ' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Serenade to Music, and the newly discovered Handel Gloria.

Another formative experience for the young Howells was the premiere in September 1910 at the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival of Ralph Vaughan Williams ' Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis.