In jejunio et fletu was published in the Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae of 1575, the first printed collection of sacred polyphony in England and the joint effort of Tallis and his pupil, William Byrd. The plangent sonorities and dramatic harmonic shifts of this darkl-scored composition, one of the composer's unquestioned masterpieces, lends a solemn and plaintive urgency to this penitential text.
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Excerpt from The Order of the Daily Service of the United Church of England and Ireland: As Arranged for Use "in Quires and Places Where They Sing"Having now sufficiently noticed and explained the nature of the ancient publications relative to the cathedral service, the next point for consideration appears to be whether the Responses and Litany were originally harmonized in four or in five parts by Tallis.About the PublisherForgotten Books pub...
for 40-part unaccompanied mixed chorusThis score is in G. The full vocal score and two chorus parts (Choirs I-IV, and Choirs V-VIII) are available on hire.
Excerpt from The Order of the Daily Service of the United Church of England and Ireland: As Arranged for Use "in Quires and Places Where They Sing"Having now sufficiently noticed and explained the nature of the ancient publications relative to the cathedral service, the next point for consideration appears to be whether the Responses and Litany were originally harmonized in four or in five parts by Tallis.About the PublisherForgotten Books pub...
The sixteenth century was a time of religious upheaval in England. From Henry VIII's protestant reformation through Queen Mary's staunch but short-lived Catholic revival to the return of Anglicanism in Elizabethan times, it would have required careful diplomacy for a Roman Catholic like Thomas Tallis simply to stay alive. In fact he became the most respected composer of his generation and is now recognised as one of the country's greatest comp...