Thomas Tallis Third Mode Melody

[practicecrazypianist]

The magic of Tallis simply beyond comprehension...

[Coolcat607]

It's strange to me when people say this is haunting... I think it's uplifting, and has a happier affect attributed to it, but that it is only the tambre of the instrument which creates the haunting effect...

[aircanuck]

Almost 500 years old...spectacular.

[gdsvalentine]

Slurm you did not hear this in Master and Commander. You heard a portion from Vaughan Williams Fantasia which was based on this tune.

[poyma]

@NemoProkofiev551 perfect summary!

[jules0659]

Tallis remains one of the greatest of all English composers, and this piece gives a glimpse of his genius.

[psisaza]

Reminds me of Turner's Dolbadern castle.

[tubemagpie]

@psisaza Which one? There is a water colour apparently inspired by:

I ruin feize thee, ruthlefe King!

Confufion on the banners wait,

Tho' fann'd by Congueft's crimfan wing

They mock the air with idle fate.

Helm, nor Haubork's twifted mail,

Nor e'en they virtues, Tyrant, fhall crail

To fave thy fecret foul from nightly fear,

From Gambria's curft, from Gambria's tears!

Thomas Gray's "The Bard"

[RuudVanPistolrooy]

A timeless and beautiful melody.

[tillhavis]

I love this version. Thank you.

Does anybody know who is playing in this version, and where I might purchase it ?

[yourforte]

Oh beautiful..

[dominusdeum]

Thanks so much for posting this. I agree. One of the most haunting melodies ever.

[mingweicello]

the must be the theme V.Williams used for the fantasia.

[HexagonalBolts]

@mingweicello

Yes, it is the theme Williams used for fantasia.

[SlurmzMcKinzy]

heard this first in "master an commander"

one of the best movies ever, the music in that was amazing.

[Radders123]

@SlurmzMcKinzy actually you didn't - you heard this by Vaughan Williams

[xXzombieXx]

@SlurmzMcKinzy Yes, I'm the same - I first heard it in Ralph Vaughan William's Fantasia in Master & Commander: I think one of the most moving orchestral pieces I have ever heard, and all stemming from this beautifully haunting melody.

[iansquared3]

@SlurmzMcKinzy i love your user name! slurmz is the bomb! YEAHHH!!!

[kpbarrow]

@SlurmzMcKinzy You actually heard "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis" by Vaughan-Willams, which is based on this tune. Both Vaughan-Williams and Tallis are amongst my favourite composers, the Fantasia was my favourite piece of music!

[Arenicone]

@kpbarrow Fantasia is also my all-time favourite piece of music. This being the case do you have any other favourites of a similar nature, or even not; just your other favourite pieces of music?

[gdsvalentine]

Very interesting indeed. I often wondered what the basis of FVW's Fantasia was. Now I know, he still had much work to do with it though, fantastic.

[Diddlefritz]

Phoenix, ,this is for you. If you cannot perceive energy through places, perhaps you an see it in music. This peice was written by the one human being who seemed to authentically "get" it.

[caniphobia]

stunning

[michaelwiper]

This is the theme adapted by Vaughan Williams in his Fantasia ... is it not?

[VerucaSaltines]

Yes, it is.

[prysmith37]

George Steel, the new director of The Dallas Opera, wrote a Mass based on this melody some years back. It is Lenten in tone, emotionally powerful and much loved by those who know it.

[Motetftw]

Very few people would know that Thomas Tallis was a very prolific keyboard composer and performer during Tudor England in the 16th century. Even though he wrote the Third Psalm (Why fum'th in fight) for voice it is still musically capable on keyboard instruments including the organ. This is the third tune in a series of nine that Tallis wrote. The entire collected work is: Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter.

[lisaannejane2]

I found out about Thomas Tallis by watching "The Tudors." I used youtube to hear more of his music. Then I heard about Vaughan Williams and Fantasia on a classic radio station - I also found this on youtube. I really admire his work and even my pets seem to enjoy it!

[fifirockefeller]

Same here. I didn't know about this until "The Tudors." T. Tallis was mentioned b y name 3 times, si I figured he was "somebody." (Stop laughing, I know I have much to learn.) My local classical station, WGUC, never seemed to play this style of classical, so I wasn't exposed to it. Everything else I, too, found on YT.

And his music is simply, jaw-droppingly beautiful.

[lisaannejane2]

I am always happy to learn something new, and I hope I never stop LOL! YT has been a great way to find out about music and even a tv show can show you something - thanks so much for your reply!

[rlneesam]

Try Vaughan William's Serenade to music

[manthasagittarius]

@fifirockefeller There's a lot to find out, and it's wonderful you are after it. Tallis and his younger associate William Byrd had the distinction of surviving and thriving as practicing musicians (and in Byrd's case, as a music publisher) who were not only Catholic but writing music for the Catholic mass during the violent religious swings around the reigns of Henry VIII's three children. Tallis and Byrd were just too good, it seems, to be suppressed.

[wcbroccoli]

@manthasagittarius As I recall, Queen Elizabeth granted them both a monopoly on the publication of music and they co-published some of their works.