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John Taverner was an Early-16th-Century English composer, born in Boston, Lincolnshire, around 1490. He was 'Informator' (Master of the Choristers) at the Oxford College founded by Cardinal Wolsey, known today as Christ Church College.
Interior of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, England.
In 1526, Taverner became the first Organist and Master
of the Choristers at Christ Church, Oxford,
and was appointed by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.
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The "Gloria"
from Missa Corona Spinea
(Crown of Thorns Mass)
by
John Taverner
(1490 - 1545).
Available on YouTube at
The following Text is that accompanying the Video on YouTube.
John Taverner was an Early-16th-Century English composer, born in Boston, Lincolnshire, around 1490. He was 'Informator' (Master of the Choristers) at the Oxford College founded by Cardinal Wolsey, known today as Christ Church College.
'Missa Corona Spinea' was probably written while Taverner was at Oxford and is one of his three great Festal Masses, the others being 'O Michael' and 'Gloria Tibi Trinitas'. The great complexity and difficulty of the music suggests that Wolsey provided his new College's Chapel with singers (both boys and men) of exceptional skill. This work is one of the last great monuments of English Catholic Church Music, written just before the Reformation.
The whole Mass, as well as two other Liturgical works, the Marian Antiphon, "Gaude Plurimum", and the Lenten Respond, "In Pace", can be found on a Hyperion CD under the 'Helios' label.
Photos accompanying the music are all of English Cathedrals, Abbeys, Minsters and Chapels and are in the public domain. The painting is the Isenheim Altarpiece by Mathis Grunwald, a German contemporary of Taverner. The final photograph in the sequence shows the elevation of the Chalice during Mass in York Minster.
The whole Mass, as well as two other Liturgical works, the Marian Antiphon, "Gaude Plurimum", and the Lenten Respond, "In Pace", can be found on a Hyperion CD under the 'Helios' label.
Photos accompanying the music are all of English Cathedrals, Abbeys, Minsters and Chapels and are in the public domain. The painting is the Isenheim Altarpiece by Mathis Grunwald, a German contemporary of Taverner. The final photograph in the sequence shows the elevation of the Chalice during Mass in York Minster.
