| Description |
209 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music ; 28 cm |
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William Byrd : a brief biography / Kerry McCarthy -- "Blame not the printer" : William Byrd's publishing drive, 1588-1591 / Philip Brett -- Byrd and friends / Kerry McCarthy -- William Byrd, Catholic and careerist / Joseph Kerman -- The masses of William Byrd / William Peter Mahrt -- Byrd's masses in context / David Trendell -- Byrd's musical recusancy / David Trendell -- Grave and merrie, major and minor : expressive paradoxes in Byrd's Cantiones sacrae, 1589 / William Peter Mahrt -- Savonarola, Byrd, and Infelix ego / David Trendell -- William Byrd's art of melody / William Peter Mahrt -- Rose garlands and gunpowder : Byrd's musical world in 1605 / Kerry McCarthy -- The economy of Byrd's Gradualia / William Peter Mahrt -- Byrd the Anglican? / David Trendell -- Byrd's Great service : the jewel in the crown of Anglican music / Richard Turbet -- Context and meaning in William Byrd's Consort songs / David Trendell -- Byrd's unpublished motets / David Trendell. |
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. |
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Gradualia, liber 1.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Gradualia, liber 2.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Masses.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Motets.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Vocal music.
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Composers -- England -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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England. |
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Turbet, Richard.
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William Byrd Festival.
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Portland William Byrd Festival.
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