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William Byrd (/ b ɜːr d /; c. 1540 – 4 July 1623) was an English Renaissance composer. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native country and on the Continent. [1]
William Byrd II (March 28, 1674 – August 26, 1744) was an American planter, lawyer, surveyor and writer. Born in the English colony of Virginia, Byrd was educated ...
BK numbers refer to Musica Britannica: William Byrd Keyboard Music, ed. Alan Brown (London: Stainer & Bell, 2 vols, 1969/71) My Ladye Nevells Booke (1591) My Ladye Nevells Grownde, BK57; Qui Passe; for my Ladye Nevell, BK19; The Marche before the Battell, BK93
William Byrd. Many composers of the period are still known by name, today. William Byrd (1539–1623) is considered by most modern authorities “the greatest of all the Elizabethan composers." [6] He was the leading composer of religious music. Many of his songs still exist today. William Byrd was the chief organist and
The Mass for Four Voices is a choral Mass setting by the English composer William Byrd (c.1540–1623). It was written around 1592–1593 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and is one of three settings of the Mass Ordinary which he published in London in the early 1590s.
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The Mass for Five Voices is a choral Mass setting by the English composer William Byrd (c. 1540–1623). It was probably written c. 1594 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and is one of three settings of the Mass Ordinary which Byrd published in the early 1590s.
William Byrd (circa 1540–1623) was an English composer. William Byrd may also refer to: William Byrd I (1652–1704), Virginia colonist; William Byrd II (1674–1744), colonial Virginia planter, author, and founder of Richmond; William Byrd III (1728–1777), American racehorse owner