Thomas Tallis

Thomas Tallis was admitted as a Lay-Clerk at Canterbury in 1541. Salvator mundi, salva nos is scored for 5-part unaccompanied choir and may well have been written during his time in the Choir.

His music is much better known than many of his contemporaries: he survived into the Elizabethan age and wrote music for the Engish liturgy.

A substantial selection of motets, including the two in GMCD 7108, were published in Cantiones sacrae in 1575.

Thomas Tallis on Guild Music

• GMCD 7276 O Come Holy Spirit - If ye love me - O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit - Loquebantur variis linguis -
• GMCD 7222 For MAUNDY THURSDAY The Last Supper Verily, verily, I say unto you
• GMCD 7116 Salvator Mundi (Canterbury Cathedral Choir Recording)
• GMCD 7115 Salvator Mundi, If ye love me, O nata lux (Clare College Chapel Recording)
• GMCD 7109 O Nata Lux (Clare College Chapel Recording)
• GMCD 7108 Te Lucis, In Manus Tuas

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