tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11760886.post6929215054008967959..comments2024-02-29T15:52:40.963-05:00Comments on chantblog: A couple of informational updatesblshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627725321531151309noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11760886.post-89343920451278362082010-03-16T16:09:00.185-04:002010-03-16T16:09:00.185-04:00It seems improbable that the English text came fir...It seems improbable that the English text came first.<br /><br />With a metrical text it might be plausible, but it's unlikely that Tallis composed music for an English prose text that just happened to match the irregular (non-metrical) syllabification and stresses of the well-known Corpus Christi Magnificat antiphon <i>O sacrum convivium</i>.<br /><br />Much more likely that someone concocted an English text to fit music already written for the Latin.Sir Watkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000106556898498656noreply@blogger.com