Byrd McCarthy Kerry Associate Professor of Musicology Duke University
Byrd McCarthy Kerry Associate Professor of Musicology Duke University The foremost composer under the reign of Elizabeth I and James I, William Byrd (c. His output was widely admired both at the time…
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Byrd McCarthy Kerry Associate Professor of Musicology Duke University
The foremost composer under the reign of Elizabeth I and James I, William Byrd (c. His output was widely admired both at the time and now, and the influence he exerted on his contemporaries and on future generations of English composers was profound. 1540 - 1623) produced countless masses, motets, polyphonic songs, and works for keyboard and instrumental consort, all of which rank among the most unique and inspired works of the late Renaissance.
Exploring the musical world in which Byrd grew up, author Byrd was especially well-known for his motets, a musical form which he - a practicing Catholic in Anglican England and composer for the English Chapel Royal - especially favored, in spite of the threats of religious persecution he routinely faced.This biography takes a new look at Byrd's music - instrumental and vocal, sacred and secular - and the various documents of his long life.