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Mary Tudor: Glorious Music from the Reign of England's Catholic Queen

Saturday, March 16, 2013   8:00 pm Calvary Episcopal Church

Countering the historical view of Mary Tudor as a blood-thirsty tyrant with no love of the arts, a newer picture paints her as a great patron of music. In this view, the five years of Mary's reign (1553-1558) were ones of extraordinary musical flowering, when England's greatest composers (White, Parsons, Tye, Tallis) found encouragement to compose the most elaborate and sophisticated music of which they were capable.

Presented in collaboration with Calvary Episcopal Church.

“The standard by which early music vocal groups are measured.” The New York Times

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