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 ⓘ
associatedWith English Reformation ⓘ
English psalter tradition ⓘ
cataloguedAs Tallis Third Psalm Tune ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 16th century ⓘ
composer Thomas Tallis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
genre psalmody ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
historicalSignificance important example of early English psalm tunes ⓘ
influenced Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ⓘ
keyCharacteristic modal melody ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicalEra Renaissance ⓘ
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 ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
usedAsThemeIn Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ⓘ
usedIn Anglican psalm singing ⓘ

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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis → basedOn → Third Psalm Tune by Thomas Tallis ⓘ
Third Psalm Tune by Thomas Tallis → cataloguedAs → Tallis Third Psalm Tune ⓘ
linked to: Third Psalm Tune by Thomas Tallis