tallis

Speech parts

1. tallis - Noun

2. Tallis - Proper noun

Meaning

tallis (plural tallises or talleisim or tallisim or tallism)

Alternative form of tallit

Tallis (plural Tallises)

A surname.

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I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in my hand and Thomas Tallis on the iPod. Oh, and since this is England, I had better add, 'If wet, in the library.' Who could say that this is bad? Terry Pratchett

A reference in the prefatory material to the Cantiones sacrae published by Byrd and Thomas Tallis in 1575 tends to confirm that Byrd was a pupil of Tallis in the Chapel Royal. Source: Internet

Composers Composers with an association with Canterbury include * Thomas Tallis (c. 1505–1585), became a lay clerk (singing man) at Canterbury Cathedral c. 1540 and was subsequently appointed a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1543. Source: Internet

Ed Tallis, Macmillan head of services for London said: “Every day, more than 100 people in London and Kent hear the devastating news that they have cancer. Source: Internet

The exquisite blending of human voices—without instrumental accompaniment—began to fascinate The Tallis Scholars founder Peter Phillips when he was just a teenager. Source: Internet

While the texts of the motets included by Byrd and Tallis in the 1575 Cantiones have a High Anglican doctrinal tone, scholars such as Joseph Kerman have detected a profound change of direction in the texts which Byrd set in the motets of the 1580s. Source: Internet

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