Tallis Definition

Tallis Sentence Examples

• In the church Wolfe, who died at Quebec (1759), and Tallis, the musician, are buried.

• By composing these settings for Compline, Tallis made up for the loss of the splendid votive antiphons.

• The two early votive antiphons Ave Dei and Ave Rosa open the disk and it concludes with one of Tallis's masterpieces Salve Intemerata.

• Tallis always sets the first polyphonic verse or pair of verses in compound duple meter and the others in simple duple meter and the others in simple duple.

• In fact it is possible that Tallis's great 40-part motet, Spem in Alium was composed for Queen Mary's 40 th birthday.