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Thomas Tallis
Known if only for his famous Spem in alium, Thomas Tallis was one of the
greatest composers of English vocal music during the Renaissance. Born around
1505, probably in Kent, there is no record of his birth or musical education. He
undoubtedly sang in the choir of the Chapelle Royale in London, before becoming
its gentleman, but he was an altar boy and, around 1531, worked as organist and
choirmaster at the Benedictine priory of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Martin of
the New York in Dover, where his name is listed in the archives as Thomas Tales,
"the joculator organorum". The pri...
