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Hardcover reprint of the original 1852 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Tallis, John. Tallis's History And Description Of The Crystal Palace, And The Exhibition Of The World's Industry In 1851. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Tallis, John. Tallis's History And Description Of The Crystal Palace, And The Exhibition Of The World's Industry In 1851, . London, New York, John Tallis And Co, 1852. Subject: Great Exhibition 1851: London, England
John Harley’s Thomas Tallis is the first full-length book to deal comprehensively with the composer’s life and works. Tallis entered the Chapel Royal in the middle of a long life, and remained there for over 40 years. During a colourful period of English history he famously served King Henry VIII and the three of Henry’s children who followed him to the throne. His importance for English music during the second half of the sixteenth century is equalled only by that of his pupil, colleague and friend William Byrd. In a series of chronological chapters, Harley describes Tallis’s career before and after he entered the Chapel. The fully considered biography is placed in the context of la...