William Byrd (1540(?)-1623)
Composer
English composer of the Tudor era. Despite his conversion to Roman Catholicism at a time of great religious uncertainty in England, he was able to forge a successful career in the service of monarchs both Catholic and Protestant. This is due in no small part to his musical adaptability - he was able to tailor his compositional style to the changing demands of the religious authorities of his turbulent times, with the result that his output contains both austere, homophonic English-language works such as the Protestants favoured, and the more ornate, Latin polyphony that was preferred by some of the Catholic rulers. Through it all, though, runs a recognisable individual voice that seems strengthened, rather than weakened, by the various upheavals he lived through.
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- Ave verum Corpus (91)
- Cantiones Sacrae I (15)
- Christe qui Lux (13)
- Civitas Sancti Tui (20)
- Fantasia (19)
- Fantasia in D minor (11)
- Galliard (17)
- Haec dies a 6 (Cantiones Sacrae 1591) (31)
- Hughe Ashton's Ground (13)
- Infelix ego (14)
- John come kiss me now (12)
- Justorum animae (15)
- La Volta (11)
- Laetentur coeli (17)
- Laudibus in sanctis (26)
- Lullaby, my sweet little baby (31)
- Mass for five voices (42)
- Mass for four voices (53)
- Mass for three voices (20)
- Miserere mei (18)
- Ne irascaris Domine (21)
- O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth (37)
- O Lux beata Trinitas (16)
- O magnum mysterium (15)
- Pavan (19)
- Pavana "The Earle of Salisbury" (16)
- Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles (11)
- Quomodo cantabimus (12)
- Sellinger's Round (22)
- Senex puerum portabat a 5 (Gradualia 1605) (11)
- Sing joyfully (38)
- Teach me, O Lord (15)
- The Bells (22)
- The Carman's Whistle (16)
- The Great Service (13)
- The Queen's Alman (19)
- Though Amaryllis dance in green (14)
- Vigilate (from Cantiones sacrae 1589) (34)
- Will yow walke the woods soe wylde (10)
- Ye sacred muses - an elegy for Thomas Tallis (18)
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