Messe Puer Natus Est

Messe Puer Natus Est is a mass by English composer Thomas Tallis, composed in the mid-16th century. The work is a Renaissance polyphonic choral setting that draws on plainchant-derived modal melodies and contrapuntal textures, representative of Tallis's liturgical output during the English Reformation and illustrative of broader shifts in sacred music practice in that period.