It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them. (Hilaire Belloc, +1953)
Day: October 27, 2024
Tallis, and Verily, Verily I Say Unto Thee
As we commemorated the other day the ‘Forty Martyrs of England and Wales’ – chosen amongst the countless host put to death for their Catholic Faith during the Protestant revolt – here is a symbolic motet by Thomas Tallis, ‘Verily, verily I say unto you’, which we are currently practising in our Schola. Tallis composed[…]