Scholars are fairly certain that the English composer Thomas Tallis was born in 1505, although it's not known on which day. So the 500th anniversary of his birth is being observed all year with ...

From nearly half a millennium away, the prayers, lamentations, and glorias of Thomas Tallis (who was probably born in 1505) resound with a persuasive fervor that can lead contemporary listeners to ...

Early Music, Vol. 44, No. 2 (May 2016), pp. 197-205 (9 pages) The earliest-known employment of Thomas Tallis was as ioculator organorum (organ-player) of the Benedictine monastery of Dover Priory, ...

You might think a concert of 16th-century English church music, in Latin — with a few pieces barely tipping into the 17th century — too esoteric to attract much of a crowd. But on international tours ...

The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, born 150 years ago on Oct. 12, is one of those rare artists who are more often loved than deeply known. A few of his pieces—the lush setting of “Greensleeves” and ...