Leonard Ellinwood

Tallis's choral works with English texts were all written for the worship of God in the reformed Church of England, setting either the liturgy of the new Book of Common Prayer of 1549, or Coverdale's...

Though best known for his Dorian Service, Tallis also set the Preces and Responses, the Litany, and various psalms for service use, as well as providing the so-called 'tunes' for Archbishop Parker's P...