John Taverner
John Taverner (* around 1490 in Lincolnshire ; † October 18, 1545 (CE: 1475-1535) in Boston , Lincolnshire) was an English composer of the Renaissance .
Life
Taverner's life gives rise to a wealth of legends, but the traditional facts are rather sparse: In 1524/25 he was a member of the Collegiate Choir of Tattershall in the south of the English county of Lincolnshire. The Bishop of Lincoln proposed him in 1525 as choirmaster for the newly founded Cardinal's College (now Christ Church College and Cathedral ) in Oxford . On suspicion of heretical (Lutheran) groups in the college, the college was taken over into the administration of the king. Taverner left college in 1530.
In 1536 he appears in the files of the City of Boston, Lincolnshire. The affluent parish of St. Botolph's Church had a choir of 30 singers. The Church's guilds lost their financial means through royal edicts, so Taverner's employment there ended in 1537. However, Taverner stayed in Boston. He was in contact with Thomas Cromwell , the Protestant minister of King Henry VIII of England . On his behalf, he carried out the abolition of the monasteries in the Boston area in 1534.
plant
As a composer he devoted himself exclusively to church music . His most important works include:
- Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas (6 voices)
- Western Wynde Mass (4 voices)
- Missa sine nomine (4 voices)
- Playn Song Mass (4 voices)
English instrumental music owes one of its most popular forms between around 1540 and 1700 to the Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas , the so-called In nomine , which goes back to the setting of the text in nomine Domini in the Benedictus of this mass , which was arranged by an anonymous arranger for gamba consort . In his successor, numerous composers have repeatedly produced new arrangements and variants from this piece, which reflect the stylistic development of English consort music. Even Henry Purcell (1659-1695) composed a In nomine . With the disappearance of the gamba consort from English instrumental music, the tradition of this genre also ended. In the 20th century it was picked up by composers such as Peter Maxwell Davies and Gavin Bryars .
The life story of Taverners (supplemented by fiction) became the subject of the opera Taverner by Peter Maxwell Davies , which premiered in 1972.
literature
- Entry in the Catholic Enzyclopedia: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "John Taverner". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
Web links
- Works by and about John Taverner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by John Taverner in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taverner, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1490 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lincolnshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1545 |
| Place of death | Boston , Lincolnshire |