1. English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585); [syn: Tallis, Thomas Tallis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Thomas Tallis
n 1: English organist and composer of church and secular music;
was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd
(1505-1585) [syn: Tallis, Thomas Tallis]