William Mundy (composer)
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William Mundy was a Renaissance English composer of sacred music and father of composer John Mundy. Over four hundred years after his death, William Mundy's music is still performed and recorded.
The Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace where William Mundy spent most of his career
Thomas Tallis
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Thomas Tallis was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music. Tallis is considered one
William Mundy (composer)
…of the great musicians of the period, he included Mundy ("th'oulde", as opposed to his son John) writing: "I will begin with White, Sheppard, Tye, and Tallis; / Parsons, Giles, Mundy, th'oulde: one of the Queen's Pallis." English Renaissance academic Robert Dow also praised Mundy in verse, writing: "Moon…
Around 1538, Tallis was appointed to serve at Waltham Abbey in Essex
Tallis's pupil William Byrd