Thomas Tallis Although he was one of the greatest composers of the renaissance not is much known about thomas tallis's personality or his personal life at all for that matter. It is said that he was a happy man. Thomas was born about 1505, he lived in england where there was much controversy over the christian faith. Kings could demand the faith they believed in and it swung protestant, catholic and protestant again. they also desired divine music for their daily worship and this is exactly what Tallis produced;therefore, he was deemed a great composer of the Renaissance. From his works a few definite conclusions about tallis's personality can be drawn for one he was a very creative and original man and for two he was very adaptable.
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In 1537 he found his second job he was organist again but this time it was at st Mary-le-hill in billingsgate, London he was also organist at Waltham abbey in London until that came to an end in 1540 dune to the reign of Henry VIII. Thomas was now out of work and went on a mission to find a job which he did in 1541 he was the lay clerk at canterbury cathedral. Eventually in 1543 he hunkered down as a gentleman of the chapel royal under the King's service. He performed at the chapel royal will helping manage the choir. By 1575 he managed to gain a monopoly of the printing press and musical paper in England. He stayed at the chapel royal until his death in 1585. Also in about 1552 he married is wife Joan and to take on a pupil a young man named Byrd. Of course Tallis was composing prior to his creation of missa salve intemerata although this marked the beginning of his his service for the king which Got him recognized as the largest church composer of England at the time. Thomas was born as a catholic and proved himself very adaptive, as I mentioned before, in writing for both catholic and protestant faith and somehow managed to not be prosecuted by others for being a member of the old faith. Some music he produced for the a anglican church is still used today
In 1537 he found his second job he was organist again but this time it was at st Mary-le-hill in billingsgate, London he was also organist at Waltham abbey in London until that came to an end in 1540 dune to the reign of Henry VIII. Thomas was now out of work and went on a mission to find a job which he did in 1541 he was the lay clerk at canterbury cathedral. Eventually in 1543 he hunkered down as a gentleman of the chapel royal under the King's service. He performed at the chapel royal will helping manage the choir. By 1575 he managed to gain a monopoly of the printing press and musical paper in England. He stayed at the chapel royal until his death in 1585. Also in about 1552 he married is wife Joan and to take on a pupil a young man named Byrd. Of course Tallis was composing prior to his creation of missa salve intemerata although this marked the beginning of his his service for the king which Got him recognized as the largest church composer of England at the time. Thomas was born as a catholic and proved himself very adaptive, as I mentioned before, in writing for both catholic and protestant faith and somehow managed to not be prosecuted by others for being a member of the old faith. Some music he produced for the a anglican church is still used today