BEER Ch. 4 The Red Herring

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

In GR, Tallis is mentioned in the Advent vesper scene, as are Purcell
and Suso, just before the War's evensong meditation which may be my
favorite passage in all literature.

On Wed, 23 Oct 2013, Robin Landseadel wrote:

> Also Thomas Tallis, English Composer, 1505-1585. Famous mostly for his
> theme in "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughn
> Williams, a work colorfully cited in Against the Day.
> On Oct 23, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:
> >
> >
> > Tallis
> >
> > A tallit [taˈlit] (Hebrew: טַלִּית) (talet in Modern Hebrew,
> > Sephardic
> > Hebrew and Ladino) (tallis, in Ashkenazic Hebrew and Yiddish) pl.
> > tallitot (talleisim, tallism, in Ashkenazic Hebrew and Yiddish) is a
> > Jewish prayer shawl.... In orthodox, Ashkenazi circles, a Tallit is
> > customarily presented to a groom before marriage as part of the dowry.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallit
>
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