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for the 20th-21st century British composer, see John Tavener.
John Taverner (c. 1490 – 18 October 1545) was an English composer
and organist, regarded as the most important English composer of his
era.Bowers, Grove online
Career Taverner was the first Organist and Master of the Choristers at
Christ Church, Oxford, appointed by Thomas Cardinal Wolsey in 1526. The
college had been founded in 1525 by Cardinal Wolsey, and was then known as
Cardinal College. Immediately before this, Taverner had been a clerk fellow
at the Collegiate Church of Tattershall, Lincolnshire. In 1528 he was
reprimanded for his (probably minor) involvement with Lutherans, but
escaped punishment for being "but a musician". Wolsey fell from favour in
1529, and in 1530 Taverner left the college.
As far as can be told, Taverner had no further musical appointments, nor
can any of his known works be dated to after
