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William Byrd was probably born in London, the third surviving son of Thomas Byrd and his wife, Margery. [ 4 ] [ note 1 ] No record of his birth has survived, [ 5 ] and the year of his birth is not known for certain, but a document dated 2 October 1598, and written by William Byrd, states that he is "58 yeares or ther abouts", making the year he ...
William Byrd I (1652 – December 4, 1704) was an English-born Virginia colonist and politician. He came from the Shadwell section of London, where his father John Bird (c. 1620–1677) was a goldsmith.
His work covered not only the music, but important biographical and critical writing such as The English Madrigal Composers, published in 1921 and William Byrd, published in 1936. Fellowes was honorary librarian of St. Michael's College, Tenbury from 1918 until 1948, and during this time he arranged and catalogued the musical library of Sir ...
Short Morning Service (fragment) Full anthems. Arise O Lord (6vv) ... William Byrd Keyboard Music, ed. Alan Brown (London: Stainer & Bell, 2 vols, 1969/71)
Tallis's pupil William Byrd. Tallis was an eminent figure in Elizabeth's household chapel, but as he aged he became gradually less prominent. [20] In 1575, Elizabeth granted Tallis and Byrd a 21-year monopoly for polyphonic music [22] and a patent to print and publish "set songe or songes in parts", one of the first arrangements of its kind in ...
Byrd commonly refers to: William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623), an English composer of the Renaissance Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), an American naval officer and explorer
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.
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 ...