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Thomas Tallis

1502 - 1585

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Thomas Tallis (; also Tallys or Talles; c. 1505 – 23 November 1585) was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music. Tallis is considered one of England's greatest composers, and is honoured for his original voice in English musicianship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Tallis is the 315th most popular composer (down from 306th in 2019), the 1,062nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 924th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Composer.

Thomas Tallis is most famous for his "Lamentations of Jeremiah" which is a setting of the biblical text from Lamentations.

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Among composers, Thomas Tallis ranks 315 out of 1,451. Before him are Gustav Leonhardt, Antonio Lotti, Johann Mattheson, Cipriano de Rore, Johann Kuhnau, and Charles Ives. After him are Pietro Della Valle, Georges Auric, Johann Georg Pisendel, Moritz Moszkowski, Nikolai Myaskovsky, and Sigismond Thalberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1502, Thomas Tallis ranks 9. Before him are Atahualpa, John III of Portugal, La Malinche, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, and Miguel López de Legazpi. After him are Pedro Nunes, Heinrich Aldegrever, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Damião de Góis, and Susanna of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1585, Thomas Tallis ranks 6. Before him are Pope Gregory XIII, Pierre de Ronsard, Yermak Timofeyevich, Ismihan Sultan, and Andrea Gabrieli. After him are Rembert Dodoens, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pontus De la Gardie, Luca Cambiaso, and Nicolò da Ponte.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Tallis ranks 1,062 out of 8,785. Before him are John Balliol (1249), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), James Lovelock (1919), Tim Roth (1961), Alexander III of Scotland (1241), and Arthur Cayley (1821). After him are Robert III of Scotland (1330), Edward Kelley (1555), Ed Miliband (1969), Henry Briggs (1561), Anthony Head (1954), and Van Morrison (1945).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Tallis ranks 10. Before him are Benjamin Britten (1913), Christopher Hogwood (1941), William Byrd (1543), Gustav Holst (1874), John Barry (1933), and Eugen d'Albert (1864). After him are Keith Emerson (1944), Michael Nyman (1944), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), John Dunstaple (1390), Ethel Smyth (1858), and William Walton (1902).

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