in 1910 he wrote a work which became one of his best-known pieces of music: the "fantasia on a theme of thomas tallis". the piece is for a string orchestra divided into two sections. it uses a theme by the famous 16th century composer tallis. he also wrote hymn tunes for the english hymnal. one of his most popular hymn tunes is the one called "sine nomine" sung to the words “for all the saints”. another lovely work is "the lark ascending". this is a short work for solo violin and orchestra. the violin sounds like a skylark singing in the sky. in 1934 he wrote a short piece for flute, harp and string orchestra called "fantasia on greensleeves" which is based on the famous english renaissance tune "greensleeves".