In 1567, the Catholic composer Thomas Tallis, court composer of Protestant Elizabeth I, contributed 9 tunes to the psalter of Protestant Archbishop Parker. This tune was made famous by Ralph Vaughan Williams in “Fantasia upon a Theme of Thomas Tallis.”

Skill Builders

Musicality: The original barlines don't follow the text stresses, so we need to create those ourselves.

Left Hand: Everything lies in extended first position, but there is one (optional) chordal fingering in the penultimate bar.

Right Hand: The bowing is set so as to help with the word accents, but be careful not to add unwanted extra accents on the unimportant upbows.