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{{Aliases|William Byrde|William Bird|William Birde|William Burde|William Burd|discuss=If his surviving signatures are a representative sample, the composer's preferred spelling of his own name was "Byrde", although on his own publications it also appears as Bird and Byrd. His contemporaries knew him indiscriminately as Byrd(e), Bird(e) and even Burd(e).}} | |||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
[[Image:Byrd.jpg|right]] | [[Image:Byrd.jpg|right]] | ||
'''Born:''' | '''Born:''' 1539 or 1540? | ||
'''Died:''' 4 July 1623 | '''Died:''' 4 July 1623 | ||
'''Biography:'''<br> | '''Biography:'''<br> | ||
William Byrd was one of the most celebrated English composers in the Renaissance. His entire life was marked by contradictions, and as a true Renaissance man he cannot be easily categorised. He lived until well into the seventeenth century without writing music in the new Baroque fashion, but his superbly constructed keyboard works marked the beginning of the Baroque organ and harpsichord style. Byrd's life is interesting because of his Roman Catholic sympathies combined with his work in the court of the Anglican Queen Elizabeth I. He composed much music, if intermittently, for the Roman Catholic liturgy, particularly in his later years; the two volumes of Gradualia form a prime example. Possibly as a result of this he did not receive widespread recognition in his lifetime, but was very well respected among the Roman Catholic gentry. In the anti-Catholic frenzy following the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, the first volume of the Gradualia, printed by Thomas East in 1605, was banned in England under penalty of imprisonment as indeed was all of his Catholic music; however his Anglican music— such as the Short Service, and the Responses— has been sung in English cathedrals uninterrupted for the past four centuries. | Byrd's will, dated November 1622, declares that he is ‘in the 80th yeare of myne age’, but since a deposition of October 1598 gives his age as ‘58 yeares or ther abouts’ it seems likely the will had been drafted some time before being dated. | ||
William Byrd was one of the most celebrated English composers in the Renaissance. His entire life was marked by contradictions, and as a true Renaissance man he cannot be easily categorised. He lived until well into the seventeenth century without writing music in the new Baroque fashion, but his superbly constructed keyboard works marked the beginning of the Baroque organ and harpsichord style. Byrd's life is interesting because of his Roman Catholic sympathies combined with his work in the court of the Anglican Queen Elizabeth I. He composed much music, if intermittently, for the Roman Catholic liturgy, particularly in his later years; the two volumes of Gradualia form a prime example. Possibly as a result of this he did not receive widespread recognition in his lifetime, but was very well respected among the Roman Catholic gentry. In the anti-Catholic frenzy following the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, the first volume of the Gradualia, printed by Thomas East in 1605, was banned in England under penalty of imprisonment as indeed was all of his Catholic music; however his Anglican music— such as the Short Service, and the Responses— has been sung in English cathedrals uninterrupted for the past four centuries. | |||
The entry in [[Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (William Boyce)]] reads: | The entry in [[Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (William Boyce)]] reads: | ||
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William Bird, was admitted a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1569. He, in conjunction with Thomas Tallis, published in 1575 a collection of their own compositions in Latin, entitled, Sacred Songs: and in the Years 1589, 1591, and 1605, he printed three other collections of his own Productions in the same Language, all of which had the same Title with the first conjoint Publication. | William Bird, was admitted a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1569. He, in conjunction with Thomas Tallis, published in 1575 a collection of their own compositions in Latin, entitled, Sacred Songs: and in the Years 1589, 1591, and 1605, he printed three other collections of his own Productions in the same Language, all of which had the same Title with the first conjoint Publication. | ||
His works were, in his own time, in great Repute, both at Home and Abroad, and are still held in general Estimation: His Canon of Non nobis Domine, will, in particular, remain a perpetual Monument to his Memory.--- He died in 1623. | His works were, in his own time, in great Repute, both at Home and Abroad, and are still held in general Estimation: His Canon of Non nobis Domine, will, in particular, remain a perpetual Monument to his Memory.--- He died in 1623. | ||
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==List of choral works== | ==List of choral works== | ||
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==[[Image:Latin.png]] Sacred music== | |||
===in Latin (A-D)=== | |||
{{Top}} | {{Top}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Ab ortu solis - Venite comedite}} | *{{NoCo|Ab ortu solis - Venite comedite}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Adoramus te}} | *{{NoCo|Ad Dominum cum tribularer}} 8vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Adorna thalamum tuum}} | *{{NoCo|Adoramus te}} Mean & 4 viols | ||
*{{NoCo|Afflicti pro peccatis - Ut eruas nos}} | *{{NoCo|Adorna thalamum tuum}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Alleluia - Ascendit Deus}} | *{{NoCo|Afflicti pro peccatis - Ut eruas nos}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Alleluia. Ave Maria - Virga Jesse floruit}} | *{{NoCo|Alleluia - Ascendit Deus}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Alleluia. Cognoverunt discipuli}} | *{{NoCo|Alleluia. Ave Maria - Virga Jesse floruit}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Alleluia - Emitte Spiritum tuum}} | *{{NoCo|Alleluia. Cognoverunt discipuli}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Alleluia. Vespere autem Sabbathi}} | *{{NoCo|Alleluia. Confitemini Domino}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Alma Redemptoris Mater}} | *{{NoCo|Alleluia - Emitte Spiritum tuum}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Angelus Domini descendit}} | *{{NoCo|Alleluia. Vespere autem Sabbathi}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Apparebit in finem}} | *{{NoCo|Alma Redemptoris Mater}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ascendit Deus in jubilatione}} | *{{NoCo|Angelus Domini descendit}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Aspice Domine quia facta est}} | *{{NoCo|Apparebit in finem}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Aspice Domine de sede - Respice Domine}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Ascendit Deus in jubilatione}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Assumpta est Maria}} | *{{NoCo|Aspice Domine quia facta est}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Attollite portas}} | *{{NoCo|Aspice Domine de sede - Respice Domine}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Audivi vocem}} | {{mdl|4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Ave Maria}} | *{{NoCo|Assumpta est Maria}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ave maris stella}} | *{{NoCo|Attollite portas}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ave Regina coelorum}} | *{{NoCo|Audivi vocem}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ave verum corpus}} | *{{NoCo|Ave Maria}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Beata es, Virgo Maria}} | *{{NoCo|Ave maris stella}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Beata viscera}} | *{{NoCo|Ave Regina coelorum}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Beati mundo corde}} | *{{NoCo|Ave verum corpus}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Benedicta et venerabilis}} | *{{NoCo|Beata es, Virgo Maria}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Cantate Domino}} | *{{NoCo|Beata viscera}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Beati mundo corde}} 5vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Christe qui lux es et dies}} | *{{NoCo|Benedicta et venerabilis}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Christe qui lux es et dies | *{{NoCo|Benigne fac, Domine}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Christus resurgens}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Cantate Domino}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Cibavit eos}} | *{{NoCo|Christe qui lux es et dies a 5}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Circumdederunt me}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Christe qui lux es et dies a 4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Ne irascaris Domine - Civitas sancti tui|Civitas sancti tui}} | *{{NoCo|Christus resurgens}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Confirma hoc Deus}} | {{mdl|4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Constitues eos | *{{NoCo|Cibavit eos}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Constitues eos Principes (Offertory)}} | *{{NoCo|Circumdederunt me}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Cunctis diebus}} | *{{NoCo|Circumspice Hierusalem}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Da mihi auxilium}} | *{{NoCo|Ne irascaris Domine - Civitas sancti tui|Civitas sancti tui}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Decantabat populus}} | *{{NoCo|Confirma hoc Deus}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Defecit in dolore - Sed tu Domine}} | *{{NoCo|Constitues eos principes (Gradual)}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Deo gratias}} | *{{NoCo|Constitues eos Principes (Offertory)}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Descendit de coelis - Et exivit per auream portam}} | *{{NoCo|Cunctis diebus}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Deus venerunt gentes - Posuerunt morticinia - Effuderunt sanguinem - Facti sumus opprobrium}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Da mihi auxilium}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Dies sanctificatus}} | *{{NoCo|Decantabat populus}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Diffusa est gratia - Propter veritatem - Vultum tuum}} | *{{NoCo|Defecit in dolore - Sed tu Domine}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Diliges Dominum}} | *{{NoCo|Deo gratias}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Domine ante te}} | *{{NoCo|Descendit de coelis - Et exivit per auream portam}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Domine exaudi orationem - Et non intres in judicium}} | *{{NoCo|Deus in adjutorium}} 6vv [-1] | ||
*{{NoCo|Domine non sum dignus}} | *{{NoCo|Deus venerunt gentes - Posuerunt morticinia - Effuderunt sanguinem - Facti sumus opprobrium}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Domine praestolamur - Veni Domine noli tardare}} {{ | {{mdl|4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Domine salva nos}} | *{{NoCo|Dies sanctificatus}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Domine secundum actum meum}} | *{{NoCo|Diffusa est gratia - Propter veritatem - Vultum tuum}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Domine secundum multitudinem}} | *{{NoCo|Diliges Dominum}} 8vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Domine tu jurasti}} | *{{NoCo|Domine ante te}} 6vv | ||
{{ | *{{NoCo|Domine Deus omnipotens}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Domine exaudi orationem - Et non intres in judicium}} 5vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Domine non sum dignus}} 6vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Domine praestolamur - Veni Domine noli tardare}} 5vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Domine quis habitabit}} 9vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Domine salva nos}} 6vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Domine secundum actum meum}} 6vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Domine secundum multitudinem}} 5vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Domine tu jurasti}} 5vv | |||
{{btm}} | |||
===[[Image:Latin.png]] | ===[[Image:Latin.png]] in Latin (E-O)=== | ||
{{Top}} | {{Top}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Ecce advenit dominator Dominus}} | *{{NoCo|Ecce advenit dominator Dominus}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ecce quam bonum}} | *{{NoCo|Ecce quam bonum}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ecce virgo concipiet}} | *{{NoCo|Ecce virgo concipiet}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ego sum panis vivus}} | *{{NoCo|Ego sum panis vivus}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Emendemus in melius}} | *{{NoCo|Emendemus in melius}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Exsurge Domine}} | *{{NoCo|Exsurge Domine}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Fac cum servo tuo}} | *{{NoCo|Fac cum servo tuo}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Factus est repente}} | *{{NoCo|Factus est repente}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Felix es, sacra Virgo Maria}} | *{{NoCo|Felix es, sacra Virgo Maria}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Felix namque es}} | *{{NoCo|Felix namque es}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Gaude Maria}} | *{{NoCo|Gaude Maria}} 5vv | ||
* | *''[[Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (Assumption) (William Byrd)|Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (Assumption)]]'' 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (All Saints)}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (All Saints)}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Haec dicit Dominus - Haec dicit Dominus}} | *{{NoCo|Gloria tibi, Domine}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Haec dies a 3}} | *{{NoCo|Haec dicit Dominus - Haec dicit Dominus}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Haec dies a 6 | *{{NoCo|Haec dies a 3}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Haec dies - Alleluia Pascha nostrum}} | {{mdl|4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Hodie beata Virgo}} | *{{NoCo|Haec dies a 6}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Hodie Christus natus est}} | *{{NoCo|Haec dies - Alleluia Pascha nostrum}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Hodie Simon Petrus}} | *{{NoCo|Hodie beata Virgo}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|In manus tuas}} | *{{NoCo|Hodie Christus natus est}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|In resurrectione tua}} | *{{NoCo|Hodie Simon Petrus}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Infelix ego - Quid igitur faciam? - Ad te igitur}} | *''[[In exitu Israel (John Sheppard, William Byrd, William Mundy)|In exitu Israel]]'' by Sheppard, Byrd and Mundy | ||
*{{NoCo|Jesu nostra redemptio}} | *{{NoCo|In manus tuas}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Justorum animae}} | *{{NoCo|In resurrectione tua}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Laetentur coeli - Orietur in diebus}} | *{{NoCo|Infelix ego - Quid igitur faciam? - Ad te igitur}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Laudate Dominum omnes gentes}} | *{{NoCo|Jesu nostra redemptio}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Laudate pueri Dominum}} | *{{NoCo|Justorum animae}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Laudibus in sanctis - Magnificum Domini - Hunc arguta}} | *''Kyrie'': see Masses, ''Great Service, Laetania'' | ||
*{{NoCo|Levemus corda}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Laetania}} (Litany "Kyrie…") 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Laetentur coeli - Orietur in diebus}} 5vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna}} | *{{NoCo|Laudate Dominum omnes gentes}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Libera me, Domine, et pone me}} | *{{NoCo|Laudate pueri Dominum}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Nunc dimittis (Gradualia)|Lumen ad revelationem gentium}} | *{{NoCo|Laudibus in sanctis - Magnificum Domini - Hunc arguta}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Mass for Three Voices | *{{NoCo|Levemus corda}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Mass for Four Voices | {{mdl|4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Mass for Five Voices | *{{NoCo|Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Memento Domine}} | *{{NoCo|Libera me, Domine, et pone me}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Memento homo}} | *{{NoCo|Nunc dimittis (Gradualia)|Lumen ad revelationem gentium}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Memento salutis auctor}} | *{{NoCo|Mass for Three Voices}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Miserere mei, Deus}} | *{{NoCo|Mass for Four Voices}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Miserere mihi Domine}} | *{{NoCo|Mass for Five Voices}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Ne irascaris Domine - Civitas sancti tui}} | *{{NoCo|Memento Domine}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Pange lingua gloriosi|Nobis datus}} | *{{NoCo|Memento homo}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Non nobis Domine}} (Anonymous) - spurious, not by Byrd | *{{NoCo|Memento salutis auctor}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Non vos relinquam orphanos}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Miserere mei, Deus}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Nunc dimittis (Gradualia)}} | *{{NoCo|Miserere mihi Domine}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Nunc scio vere}} | *{{NoCo|Ne irascaris Domine - Civitas sancti tui}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O admirabile commertium}} | *{{NoCo|Ne perdas cum impiis}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O Domine adjuva me}} | *{{NoCo|Pange lingua gloriosi|Nobis datus}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O gloriosa Domina}} | *{{NoCo|Non nobis Domine}} 3vv (Anonymous) - spurious, not by Byrd | ||
*{{NoCo|O lux beata Trinitas}} | *{{NoCo|Non vos relinquam orphanos}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O magnum mysterium - Beata Virgo}} | {{mdl|4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|O quam gloriosum est regnum - Benedictio et claritas}} | *{{NoCo|Nunc dimittis (Gradualia)}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O quam suavis}} | *{{NoCo|Nunc scio vere}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O Rex gloriae}} | *{{NoCo|O admirabile commertium}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O sacrum convivium}} | *{{NoCo|O Domine adjuva me}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia (Gradualia)}} | *{{NoCo|O gloriosa Domina}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia}} (Unpublished) | *{{NoCo|O lux beata Trinitas}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Oculi omnium}} | *{{NoCo|O magnum mysterium - Beata Virgo}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Optimam partem elegit}} | *{{NoCo|O quam gloriosum est regnum - Benedictio et claritas}} 5vv | ||
{{ | *{{NoCo|O quam suavis}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O Rex gloriae}} 5vv | |||
*{{NoCo|O sacrum convivium}} 4vv | |||
*{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia (Gradualia)}} 4vv | |||
*{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia a 6}} (Unpublished) | |||
*{{NoCo|Oculi omnium}} 4vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Optimam partem elegit}} 5vv | |||
{{btm}} | |||
===[[Image:Latin.png]] | ===[[Image:Latin.png]] in Latin (P-Z)=== | ||
{{Top}} | {{Top}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Pange lingua gloriosi}} | *{{NoCo|Pange lingua gloriosi}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Pascha nostrum}} | *{{NoCo|Pascha nostrum}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem}} | *{{NoCo|Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem}} 3vv ''All editions withdrawn'' | ||
*{{NoCo|Peccantem me quotidie}} | *{{NoCo|Peccantem me quotidie}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Peccavi super numerum}} | *{{NoCo|Peccavi super numerum}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Pietas omnium}} | *{{NoCo|Pietas omnium}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Plorans plorabit}} | *{{NoCo|Plorans plorabit}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Post dies octo - Mane nobiscum}} | *{{NoCo|Post dies octo - Mane nobiscum}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Post partum Virgo}} | *{{NoCo|Post partum Virgo}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Christe qui lux es et dies|Precamur sancte Domine}} | *{{NoCo|Christe qui lux es et dies a 5|Precamur sancte Domine}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Propter veritatem - Alleluia - Assumpta est Maria}} | *{{NoCo|Propter veritatem - Alleluia - Assumpta est Maria}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Psallite Domino}} | *{{NoCo|Psallite Domino}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Puer natus est nobis}} | *{{NoCo|Puer natus est nobis}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Quem terra, pontus, aethera}} | *{{NoCo|Quem terra, pontus, aethera}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Quis est homo}} - ''Diverte a malo''{{ | *{{NoCo|Quis est homo}} - ''Diverte a malo'' 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Quodcunque ligaveris}} {{ | {{mdl|4}} | ||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|Quodcunque ligaveris}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Recordare Domine - Quiescat Domine}} | *{{NoCo|Quomodo cantabimus}} 8vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Reges Tharsis | *{{NoCo|Quotiescumque manducabitis}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Reges Tharsis | *{{NoCo|Recordare Domine - Quiescat Domine}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Regina coeli laetare}} | *{{NoCo|Reges Tharsis a 4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Responsum accepit Simeon}} | *{{NoCo|Reges Tharsis a 5}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Resurrexi}} | *{{NoCo|Regina coeli laetare}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Rorate caeli desuper}} | *{{NoCo|Responsum accepit Simeon}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Sacerdotes Domini}} | *{{NoCo|Resurrexi}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Salve Regina - Et Jesum benedictum}} (1591) | *{{NoCo|Rorate caeli desuper}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Salve Regina (1605)}} | *{{NoCo|Sacerdotes Domini}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Salve sancta parens}} | *{{NoCo|Sacris solemniis}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Salve sola Dei genitrix}} | *{{NoCo|Salve Regina - Et Jesum benedictum}} (1591) 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Senex puerum portabat a 4}} | *{{NoCo|Salve Regina (1605)}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Senex puerum portabat (a 5) | *{{NoCo|Salve sancta parens}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Salve sola Dei genitrix}} 4vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Siderum rector}} | *{{NoCo|Senex puerum portabat a 4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Solve jubente Deo}} | {{mdl|4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Speciosus forma}} | *{{NoCo|Senex puerum portabat (a 5)}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Spiritus Domini}} | *{{NoCo|Siderum rector}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem}} | *{{NoCo|Solve jubente Deo}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Suscepimus Deus - Justitia - Magnus Dominus}} | *{{NoCo|Speciosus forma}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Suscepimus Deus - Sicut audivimus}} | *{{NoCo|Spiritus Domini}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Terra tremuit}} | *{{NoCo|Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Timete Dominum}} | *{{NoCo|Suscepimus Deus - Justitia - Magnus Dominus}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Tollite portas}} | *{{NoCo|Suscepimus Deus - Sicut audivimus}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Tribue Domine - Te deprecor - Gloria Patri}} | *{{NoCo|Terra tremuit}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Tribulatio proxima est - Contumelias et terrores}} | *{{NoCo|Timete Dominum}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Tribulationes civitatum - Timor et hebetudo - Nos enim pro peccatis}} | *{{NoCo|Tollite portas}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Tristitia et anxietas - Sed tu Domine}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Tribue Domine - Te deprecor - Gloria Patri}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Tu es pastor ovium}} | *{{NoCo|Tribulatio proxima est - Contumelias et terrores}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Tu es Petrus}} | *{{NoCo|Tribulationes civitatum - Timor et hebetudo - Nos enim pro peccatis}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Tui sunt coeli}} | *{{NoCo|Tristitia et anxietas - Sed tu Domine}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Unam petii a Domino}} | {{mdl|4}} | ||
* | *{{NoCo|Tu es pastor ovium}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Venite exultemus Domino}} | *{{NoCo|Tu es Petrus}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Victimae paschali laudes}} | *{{NoCo|Tui sunt coeli}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Vide Domine afflictionem - Sed veni Domine}} | *{{NoCo|Unam petii a Domino}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Viderunt omnes (Communion)}} | *''[[Veni sancte Spiritus (Antiphon) (William Byrd)|Veni Sancte Spiritus, Reple tuorum corda fidelium (Antiphon)]]'' 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Viderunt omnes (Gradual)}} | *''[[Veni Sancte Spiritus (William Byrd)|Veni Sancte Spiritus, et emitte coelitus]]'' 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Vidimus stellam}} | *{{NoCo|Venite exultemus Domino}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Vigilate}} | *{{NoCo|Victimae paschali laudes}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Virgo Dei genitrix}} | *{{NoCo|Vide Domine afflictionem - Sed veni Domine}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Viri Galilaei}} | *{{NoCo|Viderunt omnes (Communion)}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Visita | *{{NoCo|Viderunt omnes (Gradual)}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Vultum tuum}} | *{{NoCo|Vidimus stellam}} 4vv | ||
{{ | *{{NoCo|Vigilate}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Virgo Dei genitrix}} 5vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Viri Galilaei}} 5vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Visita quaesumus}} 4vv | |||
*{{NoCo|Vultum tuum}} 5vv | |||
{{btm}} | |||
===[[Image:England.png]] | ===[[Image:England.png]] English Anthems=== | ||
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*{{NoCo|Arise Lord into thy rest}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Alack when I look back}} Alto verse, SAATB | ||
*{{NoCo|Attend mine humble prayer | *{{NoCo|Arise Lord into thy rest}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Be unto me | *{{NoCo|Arise, O Lord}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Behold how good a thing - And as the pleasant morning dew}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Attend mine humble prayer}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Blessed is he that fears the Lord | *{{NoCo|Be unto me}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Bow thine ear, O Lord | *{{NoCo|Behold how good a thing - And as the pleasant morning dew}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Christ rising again - Christ is risen again}} | *{{NoCo|Behold O God the sad and heavy case}} AA verse, SAATB | ||
*{{NoCo|Come help O God | *{{NoCo|Blessed is he that fears the Lord}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Come let us rejoice unto our Lord | *{{NoCo|Bow thine ear, O Lord}} | ||
*{{NoCo|An earthly tree a heavenly fruit - Cast off all doubtful care | *{{NoCo|Christ rising again - Christ is risen again}} SS verse, SATTB | ||
*{{NoCo|Even from the depth}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Come help O God}} | ||
*{{NoCo|From depth of sin | *{{NoCo|Come let us rejoice unto our Lord}} | ||
*{{NoCo|From Virgin's womb - Rejoice rejoice}} | *{{NoCo|An earthly tree a heavenly fruit - Cast off all doubtful care}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Even from the depth}} | |||
*{{NoCo|Exalt thyself O God}} SSAATB | |||
*{{NoCo|From depth of sin}} | |||
*{{NoCo|From Virgin's womb - Rejoice rejoice}} | |||
*{{NoCo|Have mercy upon me}} | |||
*{{NoCo|Hear my prayer O Lord}} Sop. verse, SAATB | |||
*{{NoCo|Help, Lord, for wasted are those men}} | |||
*{{NoCo|Help us, O God of our salvation}} (2nd part of Arise O Lord) | |||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|How long shall mine enemies}} SAATB ''All editions withdrawn'' | ||
*{{NoCo|Help, Lord, for wasted are those men}} {{ | *{{NoCo|How shall a young man}} | ||
*{{NoCo|How long shall mine enemies}} | {{mdl|3}} | ||
*{{NoCo|How shall a young man}} {{ | *{{NoCo|How vain the toils}} | ||
*{{NoCo|How vain the toils | *{{NoCo|I have been young}} | ||
*{{NoCo|I have been young | *{{NoCo|I have longed for thy saving health}} | ||
*{{NoCo|I have longed for thy saving health | *{{NoCo|I laid me down}} | ||
*{{NoCo|I laid me down | *{{NoCo|Look down O Lord}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Look down O Lord | *{{NoCo|Lord hear my prayer instantly}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Lord hear my prayer instantly | *{{NoCo|Lord in thy rage}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Lord in thy rage | *{{NoCo|Lord in thy wrath correct me not}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Lord in thy wrath correct me not | *{{NoCo|Lord in thy wrath reprove me not}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Lord in thy wrath reprove me not | *{{NoCo|Lord, make me to know thy ways}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Lord, make me to know thy ways | *{{NoCo|Lulla, lullaby, my sweet little baby}} | ||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|Make ye joy to God}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Mine eyes with fervency}} | |||
*{{NoCo|My soul oppressed with care}} | |||
*{{NoCo|Make ye joy to God | *{{NoCo|O God give ear}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Mine eyes with fervency | *{{NoCo|O God that guides the cheerful sun}} | ||
*{{NoCo|My soul oppressed with care | *{{NoCo|O God, the proud are risen}} SSAATB | ||
*{{NoCo|O God give ear | *{{NoCo|O God which art most merciful}} | ||
*{{NoCo|O God that guides the cheerful sun}} {{ | *{{NoCo|O God, whom our offences}} SAATB | ||
*{{NoCo|O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth}} | |||
*{{NoCo|O God which art most merciful}} {{ | {{mdl|3}} | ||
*{{NoCo|O Lord my God}} | |||
*{{NoCo|O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth}} | *{{NoCo|O Lord, how long wilt thou forget}} | ||
*{{NoCo|O Lord my God | *{{NoCo|O Lord rebuke me not}} Sop. verse, SATTB | ||
*{{NoCo|O Lord, how long wilt thou forget}} {{ | *{{NoCo|O Lord, turn thy wrath away}} | ||
* | *{{NoCo|O Lord, who in thy sacred tent}} | ||
*{{NoCo|O Lord, who in thy sacred tent}} {{ | *{{NoCo|Out of the deep}} SSAATB | ||
*{{NoCo|Praise our Lord all ye Gentiles | *{{NoCo|Praise our Lord all ye Gentiles}} | ||
*''Preces and Responses'' | *''Preces and Responses'' | ||
**{{NoCo|First Preces}} | **{{NoCo|First Preces}} ''All editions withdrawn'' | ||
**{{NoCo|Second Preces I}} | **{{NoCo|Second Preces I}} ''All editions withdrawn'' | ||
**''Second Preces II'' | **''Second Preces II'' | ||
**{{NoCo|Preces and Responses|(Third) Preces and Responses}} | **{{NoCo|Preces and Responses|(Third) Preces and Responses}} | ||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|Prevent us, O Lord}} SAATB | ||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|Prostrate O Lord I lie}} | ||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|Right blest are they}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Save me, O God}} Ps. 54 SSATB | |||
*{{NoCo|Sing joyfully}} SSAATB | |||
*{{NoCo|Sing we merrily unto God}} | |||
*{{NoCo|Sing ye to our Lord}} | |||
*{{NoCo|Teach me, O Lord}} | |||
*{{NoCo|This day Christ was born}} | |||
*{{NoCo|Thou God that guid'st}} Sop. verse SAATB | |||
*{{NoCo|Turn our captivity}} | |||
*{{NoCo|Unto the hills mine eyes I lift}} | |||
*{{NoCo|When Israel came out of Egypt}} | |||
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===Services=== | |||
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*{{NoCo|Second Service}} | *{{NoCo|Second Service}} | ||
* | *{{NoCo|Short Evening Service}} | ||
* | *{{NoCo|Te Deum in D minor}} | ||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|Benedictus in D minor}} | ||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|Nicene Creed in D minor}} | ||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|Kyrie in D minor}} | ||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|Third Service}} ''All editions withdrawn'' | ||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|Lord, have mercy upon us}} | ||
*{{NoCo| | {{mdl}} | ||
*{{NoCo| | *{{NoCo|The Great Service}} | ||
* | **''[[Venite (Great Service) (William Byrd)|Venite]]'' | ||
* | **''[[Te Deum from the Great Service (William Byrd)|Te Deum]]'' | ||
*{{NoCo| | **''[[Benedictus (Great Service) (William Byrd)|Benedictus]]'' | ||
{{ | **{{NoCo|Kyrie}} | ||
**''Creed'' | |||
**''[[Great Service Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (William Byrd)|Magnificat]]'' | |||
**''[[Great Service Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (William Byrd)|Nunc Dimittis]]'' | |||
*{{NoCo|Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis}} - Tones and Fauxbourdons | |||
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==Secular music== | |||
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*{{NoCo|Ah silly Soul}} | *{{NoCo|Ah silly Soul}} Alto & 5 viols | ||
*{{NoCo|All as a sea}} | *{{NoCo|All as a sea}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Although the heathen poets}} | *{{NoCo|Although the heathen poets}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ambitious love}} | *{{NoCo|Ambitious love}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|And think ye Nymphs to scorn at love - Love is a fit of pleasure}} | *{{NoCo|And think ye Nymphs to scorn at love - Love is a fit of pleasure}} 5/6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|As I beheld I saw a herdman wild | *{{NoCo|As I beheld I saw a herdman wild}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Awake mine eyes | *{{NoCo|Awake mine eyes}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Care for thy soul | *{{NoCo|Care for thy soul}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Come jolly Swains | *{{NoCo|Come jolly Swains}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Come to me grief for ever | *{{NoCo|Come to me grief for ever}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Come woeful Orpheus | *{{NoCo|Come woeful Orpheus}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Compel the hawk to sit | *{{NoCo|Compel the hawk to sit}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Constant Penelope | *{{NoCo|Constant Penelope}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Crowned with flowers | *{{NoCo|Crowned with flowers}} | ||
*{{NoCo|The Eagle's force | *{{NoCo|The Eagle's force}} | ||
*{{NoCo|The fair young virgin - But not so soon | *{{NoCo|The fair young virgin - But not so soon}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Farewell false Love | *{{NoCo|Farewell false Love}} | ||
*{{NoCo|A feigned friend | *{{NoCo|A feigned friend}} | ||
*{{NoCo|From Citheron the warlike boy is fled - There careless thoughts are freed - If Love be just | *{{NoCo|From Citheron the warlike boy is fled - There careless thoughts are freed - If Love be just}} | ||
*{{NoCo|The greedy Hawk | *{{NoCo|The greedy Hawk}} | ||
*{{NoCo|I joy not in no earthly bliss}} {{ | *{{NoCo|I joy not in no earthly bliss}} | ||
*{{NoCo|I thought that Love had been a boy | {{mdl|3}} | ||
*{{NoCo|If in thine heart | *{{NoCo|I thought that Love had been a boy}} | ||
*{{NoCo|If that a sinner's sighs | *{{NoCo|If in thine heart}} | ||
*{{NoCo|If women could be fair | *{{NoCo|If that a sinner's sighs}} | ||
*{{NoCo|In crystal towers | *{{NoCo|If women could be fair}} | ||
*{{NoCo|In fields abroad | *{{NoCo|In crystal towers}} | ||
*{{NoCo|In Winter cold - Whereat an ant | *{{NoCo|In fields abroad}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Is Love a boy? - Boy pity me | *{{NoCo|In Winter cold - Whereat an ant}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Let not the sluggish sleep | *{{NoCo|Is Love a boy? - Boy pity me}} | ||
*{{NoCo|The match that's made | *{{NoCo|Let not the sluggish sleep}} | ||
*{{NoCo|My | *{{NoCo|The match that's made}} | ||
*{{NoCo|My mind to me a kingdom is}} | |||
*{{NoCo|The | *{{NoCo|The nightingale}} | ||
*{{NoCo|O | *{{NoCo|O dear life}} | ||
*{{NoCo|O | *{{NoCo|O mistress mine}} | ||
*{{NoCo|O | *{{NoCo|O sweet deceit}} | ||
*{{NoCo|O you that hear this voice | *{{NoCo|O that most rare breast}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Of flattering speech | *{{NoCo|O you that hear this voice}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Of gold all burnished - Her breath is more sweet | *{{NoCo|Of flattering speech}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Penelope that longed for the sight | *{{NoCo|Of gold all burnished - Her breath is more sweet}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Retire my soul | *{{NoCo|Penelope that longed for the sight}} | ||
*{{NoCo|See those sweet eyes - Love would discharge | *{{NoCo|Retire my soul}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Sellenger's Round}} {{ | *{{NoCo|See those sweet eyes - Love would discharge}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Susanna fair (1588)}} | *{{NoCo|Sellenger's Round}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Susanna fair (1589)}} | {{mdl|3}} | ||
*{{NoCo|This sweet and merry month of May (a 4) | *{{NoCo|Susanna fair (1588)}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|This sweet and merry month of May | *{{NoCo|Susanna fair (1589)}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Though Amarillis | *{{NoCo|This sweet and merry month of May (a 4)}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Upon a Summer's day - Then for a boat | *{{NoCo|This sweet and merry month of May (a 6)}} | ||
*{{NoCo|La Virginella | *{{NoCo|Though Amarillis dance in green}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Wedded to will is witless | *{{NoCo|Upon a Summer's day - Then for a boat}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Weeping full sore | *{{NoCo|La Virginella}} | ||
*{{NoCo|What is life, or worldly pleasure? | *{{NoCo|Wedded to will is witless}} | ||
*{{NoCo|What pleasure have great princes | *{{NoCo|Weeping full sore}} | ||
*{{NoCo|When first by force | *{{NoCo|What is life, or worldly pleasure?}} | ||
*{{NoCo|When I was otherwise | *{{NoCo|What pleasure have great princes}} | ||
*{{NoCo|When younglings first - But when by proof | *{{NoCo|When first by force}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Where fancy fond | *{{NoCo|When I was otherwise}} | ||
*{{NoCo|While that the Sun | *{{NoCo|When younglings first - But when by proof}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Who likes to love | *{{NoCo|Where fancy fond}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Who looks may leap | *{{NoCo|While that the Sun}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Who made thee, Hob, forsake the Plough | *{{NoCo|Who likes to love}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Why do I use my paper, ink and pen? | *{{NoCo|Who looks may leap}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Wounded I am - Yet of us twain | *{{NoCo|Who made thee, Hob, forsake the Plough}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Ye sacred muses}} | *{{NoCo|Why do I use my paper, ink and pen?}} | ||
{{ | *{{NoCo|Wounded I am - Yet of us twain}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Ye sacred muses}} | |||
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==Publications (vocal music only)== | ==Publications (vocal music only)== | ||
* | *''[[Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur]]'' (1575), jointly with [[Thomas Tallis]] | ||
*{{NoComp|Psalmes, Sonnets and Songs|4={{sp}}''of sadnes and pietie''}} (1588) | *{{NoComp|Psalmes, Sonnets and Songs|4={{sp}}''of sadnes and pietie''}} (1588) | ||
*{{NoCo|Cantiones Sacrae I}} (1589) | *{{NoCo|Cantiones Sacrae I}} (1589) | ||
*{{NoCo|Songs of sundrie natures}} (1589) | *{{NoCo|Songs of sundrie natures}} (1589) | ||
*{{NoCo|Cantiones Sacrae II}} (1591) | *{{NoCo|Cantiones Sacrae II}} (1591) | ||
*{{NoCo|Masses for 3 | *{{NoCo|Masses for 3-5 voices}} (1592-95) | ||
*{{NoCo|Gradualia I}} (1605) | *{{NoCo|Gradualia I}} (1605) | ||
*{{NoCo|Gradualia II}} (1607) | *{{NoCo|Gradualia II}} (1607) | ||
*{{NoComp|Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets|4= | *{{NoComp|Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets|4=…}} (1611) | ||
Contributions to: | Contributions to: | ||
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There is no single official Byrd website, but a variety of useful resources can be found scattered widely across the Web. Many of these sites still repeat the (almost certainly) incorrect birthdate of 1543. | There is no single official Byrd website, but a variety of useful resources can be found scattered widely across the Web. Many of these sites still repeat the (almost certainly) incorrect birthdate of 1543. | ||
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*[http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/byrd.html Classical.net article] - Brief biography and long out-of-date discography. | *[http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/byrd.html Classical.net article] - Brief biography and long out-of-date discography. | ||
*[http://www.stainer.co.uk/byrd.html Stainer & Bell's Byrd Home Page] - Complete list of works, plus links to the Byrd Edition. | *[http://www.stainer.co.uk/byrd.html Stainer & Bell's Byrd Home Page] - Complete list of works, plus links to the Byrd Edition. | ||
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*[http://www.midiworld.com/mw_byrd.htm Midiworld] - Basically a duplicate of John Sankey's site, plus some midi files of non-keyboard works. | *[http://www.midiworld.com/mw_byrd.htm Midiworld] - Basically a duplicate of John Sankey's site, plus some midi files of non-keyboard works. | ||
*[http://www.hoasm.org/IVM/WilliamByrd.html Byrd on HOASM] - Includes useful links and some facsimiles of printed editions. | *[http://www.hoasm.org/IVM/WilliamByrd.html Byrd on HOASM] - Includes useful links and some facsimiles of printed editions. | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:47, 15 March 2024
Aliases: William Byrde; William Bird; William Birde; William Burde; William Burd – If his surviving signatures are a representative sample, the composer's preferred spelling of his own name was "Byrde", although on his own publications it also appears as Bird and Byrd. His contemporaries knew him indiscriminately as Byrd(e), Bird(e) and even Burd(e).
Life
Born: 1539 or 1540?
Died: 4 July 1623
Biography:
Byrd's will, dated November 1622, declares that he is ‘in the 80th yeare of myne age’, but since a deposition of October 1598 gives his age as ‘58 yeares or ther abouts’ it seems likely the will had been drafted some time before being dated.
William Byrd was one of the most celebrated English composers in the Renaissance. His entire life was marked by contradictions, and as a true Renaissance man he cannot be easily categorised. He lived until well into the seventeenth century without writing music in the new Baroque fashion, but his superbly constructed keyboard works marked the beginning of the Baroque organ and harpsichord style. Byrd's life is interesting because of his Roman Catholic sympathies combined with his work in the court of the Anglican Queen Elizabeth I. He composed much music, if intermittently, for the Roman Catholic liturgy, particularly in his later years; the two volumes of Gradualia form a prime example. Possibly as a result of this he did not receive widespread recognition in his lifetime, but was very well respected among the Roman Catholic gentry. In the anti-Catholic frenzy following the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, the first volume of the Gradualia, printed by Thomas East in 1605, was banned in England under penalty of imprisonment as indeed was all of his Catholic music; however his Anglican music— such as the Short Service, and the Responses— has been sung in English cathedrals uninterrupted for the past four centuries.
The entry in Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (William Boyce) reads:
William Bird, was admitted a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1569. He, in conjunction with Thomas Tallis, published in 1575 a collection of their own compositions in Latin, entitled, Sacred Songs: and in the Years 1589, 1591, and 1605, he printed three other collections of his own Productions in the same Language, all of which had the same Title with the first conjoint Publication.
His works were, in his own time, in great Repute, both at Home and Abroad, and are still held in general Estimation: His Canon of Non nobis Domine, will, in particular, remain a perpetual Monument to his Memory.--- He died in 1623.
View the Wikipedia article on William Byrd.
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List of choral works
- For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see William Byrd compositions
Sacred music
in Latin (A-D)
in Latin (E-O)
in Latin (P-Z)
English Anthems
Services
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Secular music
Other works not listed above (See Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)
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Publications (vocal music only)
- Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (1575), jointly with Thomas Tallis
- Psalmes, Sonnets and Songs of sadnes and pietie (1588)
- Cantiones Sacrae I (1589)
- Songs of sundrie natures (1589)
- Cantiones Sacrae II (1591)
- Masses for 3-5 voices (1592-95)
- Gradualia I (1605)
- Gradualia II (1607)
- Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets… (1611)
Contributions to:
- Musica Transalpina (1588)
- The first sett, of Italian madrigalls Englished (1590)
- The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule (1614)
External links
There is no single official Byrd website, but a variety of useful resources can be found scattered widely across the Web. Many of these sites still repeat the (almost certainly) incorrect birthdate of 1543.
- Works by William Byrd in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
- Classical.net article - Brief biography and long out-of-date discography.
- Stainer & Bell's Byrd Home Page - Complete list of works, plus links to the Byrd Edition.
- John Sankey's keyboard page - Includes midi files of the complete keyboard works.
- Midiworld - Basically a duplicate of John Sankey's site, plus some midi files of non-keyboard works.
- Byrd on HOASM - Includes useful links and some facsimiles of printed editions.