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Christe, qui lux es et dies IV
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Robert White (c1538-1574) was a contemporary of Byrd but died much younger. He succeeded Chritopher Tye as organist of Ely Cathedral. After a spell at Chester he became Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey. His Lenten Compline hymn Christe qui lux es et dies (his fourth setting of this text) follows the Tallis/Sheppard model in retaining the cantus firmus in either the treble or tenor line while the remaining voices provide the polyphonic interest.
from notes by Phillip Borg-Wheeler © 2016
Recordings
 The Tallis Scholars sing Tudor Church Music, Vol. 2CDGIM2102CDs for the price of 1  "Of all the polyphony we have recorded, this early English style with its dazzling high treble parts and luminous sonorities is, for me, as good as it gets. Our pioneering performances of Sheppard and White have shown them to be the equals of Tall ...» More |
 The Evening HourStudio Master: SIGCD446Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available  The choir of Jesus College Cambridge contemplates the hours that take us from day into night in a programme of works by English composers from the sixteenth and twentieth centuries.» More |
 White: Sacred MusicSIGCD134Download only Gallicantus is a word from monastic antiquity for the office held just before the dawn. It evokes the renewal of life offered by the coming day. The early music ensemble named after that word beautifuly performs a selection of sacred works written ...» More |
 White: The Tallis Scholars sing Tudor Church MusicCDGIM030 One of the very few albums dedicated entirely to a selection of works by Robert White, arguably the leading figure in that lost generation of English composers which came to maturity between Tallis and Byrd.» More |
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