Canon
Where to start with Taverner
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
VocalAlleluia, Veni electa mea
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ChamberIn Nomine
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VocalAudivi vocem de coelo
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VocalAve Dei Patris filia
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VocalChriste Jesu pastor bone
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VocalDum transisset sabbatum
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VocalDum transisset sabbatum
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VocalGaude plurimum
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VocalGloria in excelsis
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VocalIn Nomine
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VocalKyrie 'Leroy'
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VocalMagnificat secundi toni
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VocalMass 'The Western Wind'
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VocalMater Christi sanctissima
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VocalMissa 'Gloria Tibi Trinitas'
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Taverner's catalogueMost Popular
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Western Wind Mass
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Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas
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In Nomine (from Missa Gloria)
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Dum transisset Sabbatum
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O Splendor Gloriae
Most Acclaimed
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Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas
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Missa Corona Spinea
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Dum transisset Sabbatum
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Western Wind Mass
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Missa Mater Christi
Most Weird
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In Nomine (from Missa Gloria)the treble part from his Missa Gloria became the cantus firmus for an entire genre — 100+ fantasias by other composers; he accidentally created the ”In Nomine” tradition
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Western Wind Massthe same popular secular tune appears in every voice across three masses — one tune used three different ways
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Missa Gloria tibi Trinitasthe melody in the highest voice was so striking it became the basis for a century of English instrumental music
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Missa Corona Spinea (Crown of Thorns)his most ambitious mass — the most complex polyphony of the English Renaissance
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In Trouble and Adversity (O Christe Jesu)votive antiphon — later in life Taverner allegedly renounced his Catholic music
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 20
- Vocal
- Alleluia, Veni electa mea
- Audivi vocem de coelo
- Ave Dei Patris filia
- Christe Jesu pastor bone
- Dum transisset sabbatum
- Dum transisset sabbatum
- Gaude plurimum
- Gloria in excelsis
- In Nomine
- Kyrie 'Leroy'
- Magnificat secundi toni
- Mass 'The Western Wind'
- Mater Christi sanctissima
- Missa 'Gloria Tibi Trinitas'
- Missa 'Mater Christi'
- O Wilhelme, pastor bone
- O splendor gloriae
- Sospitati dedit aegros
- Chamber
- In Nomine
- Quemadmodum, for 6 parts, perhaps for viols