He studied composition with William Byrd and organ under Sebastian Westcote.

This means they had two or more melody lines.

It became a popular type of polyphonic music that use three or four voices.

They were published in England, and performed in rich people’s homes.

It is a heavily ornamented style of music that came out of the Renaissance.

It is a secular genre that arose during the Renaissance in which composers wrote polyphonic songs to enhance popular or courtly poem.

It was sometimes danced as well as sung.

It can be sung by solo voice with lute accompaniment, or by a solo voice with other accompaniment, or all the parts sung by voices.

He wrote over 100 motets. One of his most popular pieces is the 1475 “Ave Maria…virgo serena”.