WILLIAM BYRD

William Byrd stands among the central composers of English Renaissance music. Working in a tense religious world, he wrote Latin sacred works, Anglican service music, keyboard pieces, consort music, and songs with a command of counterpoint and expressive density. His tag connects England, Renaissance polyphony, and the repertory that shaped pupils such as Thomas Tomkins.

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4 articles related to WILLIAM BYRD:

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  VIOL

  Exceptional sensibility of consort music from the traveling maestro of the Stuart era

  John Jenkins (1592–1678), lutenist and string player, was the most eminent composer of the Stuart and Commonwealth eras...
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  FIDDLE

  The jig dance tradition: five centuries old and still counting

  Jig is a folk dance that became popular in Scotland and northern England in the 16th century and in Ireland in the 18th...
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  Classical Guitar

  Thomas Morley's legacy in English Renaissance tradition

  The Renaissance composer and organist Thomas Morley (c.1557-1602) is best known as the father of the English madrigal....
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  HARPSICHORD

  The Renaissance swan song for the English monarchy

  Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656) was a prominent English composer of the generation that flourished in England in the late...