Third Psalm Tune by Thomas Tallis

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"Third Psalm Tune by Thomas Tallis" is a 16th-century English psalm melody best known today as the theme used in Ralph Vaughan Williams’s "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance composition
chorale melody
psalm tune
associatedComposer Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED
associatedWith English Reformation NERFINISHED
English psalter tradition
cataloguedAs Tallis Third Psalm Tune NERFINISHED
centuryOfComposition 16th century
composer Thomas Tallis NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin England
genre psalmody
sacred music
historicalSignificance important example of early English psalm tunes
influenced Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis NERFINISHED
keyCharacteristic modal melody
language English
musicalEra Renaissance NERFINISHED
nationalityOfComposer English
notableFor being the theme of Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
originalFunction metrical psalm setting
religiousContext Anglican
Protestant
scoringInOriginalUse choral
congregational singing
survivesAs chorale-style melody
textureInOriginalUse homophonic psalm tune
themeUsedBy Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED
timePeriod 16th century
usedAsThemeIn Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis NERFINISHED
usedIn Anglican psalm singing

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