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List Of Compositions By William Byrd
This is a list of the musical compositions by William Byrd, one of the most celebrated English composers of the Renaissance. Vocal works Masses (c. 1592–5) *Mass for Three Voices (c. 1593–4) *Mass for Four Voices (c. 1592–3) * Mass for Five Voices (c. 1594–5) Latin motets ''Cantiones sacrae'' (''Cantiones , quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur'') (1575) *Emendemus in melius á 5 *Libera me Domine et pone me á *Peccantem me quotidie á 5 *Aspice Domine á 6 *Attollite portas á 6 *O lux beata Trinitas á 6 *Laudate pueri Dominum á 6 *Memento homo á 6 *Siderum rector á 5 *Da mihi auxilium á 6 *Domine secundum actum meum á 6 *Diliges Dominum á 8 *Miserere mihi Domine á 6 *Tribue Domine; Te deprecor; Gloria Patri á 6 *Libera me Domine de morte aeterna á 5 *Gloria patri á 6 *Te deprecor á 6 ''Liber primus sacrarum cantionum'' (''Cantiones Sacrae I'') (1589) (all for 5 voices) *Defecit in dolore – Sed tu Domine *Domine praestolamur – Veni Domine noli tardare * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Byrd (1543-1623)
William Byrd (; 4 July 1623) was an English composer of late Renaissance music. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native England and those on the continent. He is often coupled with John Dunstaple and Henry Purcell as England's most important early music composers. He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard (the so-called Virginalist school), and consort music. Although he produced sacred music for Anglican services, sometime during the 1570s he became a Roman Catholic and wrote Catholic sacred music later in his life. Life Early life Birth and background Richard Byrd of Ingatestone, Essex was the grandfather of Thomas Byrd, who probably moved to London in the 15th century. Thereafter succeeding generations of the Byrd family are described as gentlemen. William Byrd was probably born in London, the third survi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Have With Yow To Walsingame
Walsingham was a popular Elizabethan ballad tune. There are various versions of the lyrics, which relate to a pilgrimage site, suppressed during the English Reformation. The tune provided inspiration for Elizabethan composers, notably William Byrd. Byrd wrote a set of keyboard variations called Have with Yow to Walsingame ("Be off to Walsingham"). In some sources it is called "As I went to Walsingham", the first line of the following quatrain. As I went to Walsingham, To the shrine with speed, Met I with a jolly palmer In a pilgrim's weed. History of the pilgrimage Walsingham is a pilgrimage site in Norfolk, England, where, according to Catholic belief, a Saxon noblewoman, Richeldis de Faverches, had a vision of the Virgin Mary. The shrine was dismantled in 1538 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. (It has since been revived). In the sixteenth century attitudes towards pilgrimages varied, reflecting the Catholic/Protestant divide. Ballads The ballad literature incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stainer & Bell
Stainer & Bell Limited is a British music publisher, specialized in classical sheet music. History Stainer & Bell was founded in 1907. In 1917, Stainer & Bell was appointed publisher of the Carnegie Edition. Stainer & Bell acquired Augener & Co. (which had previously acquired music publisher Joseph Williams, founded 1840) and Galliard. In 1991, the company moved to Victoria House in Finchley Central. Catalogue Stainer & Bell publishes a broad selection of predominantly British Music, including the following composers: * Contemporary composers: Bertie Baigent and Philip Moore * XXth century composers: Charles Villiers Stanford, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hope Squire, and Herbert Howells. * Earlier composers: Henry VIII, William Byrd, and Henry Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer. Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mundy (composer)
William Mundy (c. 1529–1591) was a Renaissance English composer of sacred music and father of composer John Mundy (composer), John Mundy. Over four hundred years after his death, William Mundy's music is still performed and recorded. Life Mundy was the son of Thomas Mundy, a musician and Sexton (office), sexton of the London church St Mary-at-Hill. William Mundy married Mary Alcock and had two sons, John Mundy, an organist and composer, and Stephen Mundy, a gentleman of the household to James VI and I, James I and Charles I of England, Charles I. In 1543, William Mundy was head chorister of Westminster Abbey, until his voice broke. He was appointed deputy to St Martin, Ludgate in 1547, and from 1548 to 1558 Mundy served as Parish Clerk for the church of St Mary-at-Hill in London (his father Thomas' employer). Mundy was appointed Vicar choral to the Chapel Royal in 1559, and as a Gentleman of the Chapel in 1564, and remained in that position for twenty-seven years until his de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sheppard (composer)
John Sheppard (also ''Shepherd'', c. 1515 – December 1558) was an English composer of the Renaissance. Biography Sheppard was probably born around 1515, judging from his statement in 1554 that he had been composing music for twenty years. Nothing certain is known about his early life. The first undoubted sighting of him occurs when he was probably in his later twenties, as ''informator choristarum'' at Magdalen College, Oxford. He served in this capacity during 1541-2 and again from 1544-8. Sheppard left Magdalen College in March 1548 and next appears in a list of the Gentleman of the Chapel Royal who sang at the funeral of King Edward VI in August 1553; he may have joined the chapel directly after his departure from Magdalen, but, because of a gap in Chapel Royal records from 1547, this is not certain.Hugh Benham, ''Latin Church Music in England, c. 1460-1575'' (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1977), p.197. He presumably remained active at the chapel up to the year of his dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Taverner
John Taverner ( – 18 October 1545) was an English composer and organist, regarded as one of the most important English composers of his era. He is best-known for ''Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas'' and ''The Western Wynde Mass'', and ''Missa Corona Spinea'' is also often viewed as a masterwork. Career Nothing is known of Taverner's activities before 1524. He appears to have come from the East Midlands, possibly being born in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, but there is no indication of his parentage. According to one of his own letters, he was related to the Yerburghs, a well-to-do Lincolnshire family. The earliest information is that in 1524, Taverner travelled from Tattershall to the Church of St Botolph in nearby Boston, as a guest singer. Two years later, in 1526, Taverner became the first Organist and Master of the Choristers at Christ Church, Oxford, appointed by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. The college had been founded in 1525, by Cardinal Wolsey, and was then known as Cardinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parthenia (music)
''Parthenia or the Maydenhead of the first musicke that ever was printed for the Virginalls'' was, as the title states, the first printed collection of music for keyboard in England. 'Virginals' was a generic word at the time that covered all plucked keyboard instruments – the harpsichord, muselaar and virginals, but most of the pieces are also suited for the clavichord and chamber organ. Though the date is uncertain, it was probably published around 1612. The 21 pieces included are ascribed to William Byrd, John Bull, and Orlando Gibbons, in three sections. The title ''Parthenia'' comes from the Greek ''parthenos'' meaning "maiden" or "virgin." The music is written for the Virginals, the etymology of which is unknown, but may either refer to the young girls who are often shown playing it, or from the Latin ''virga'', which means "stick" or "wand", possibly referring to part of the mechanism that plucks a string in the harpsichord family of instruments. The "Maydenhead" refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
The ''Fitzwilliam Virginal Book'' is a primary source of keyboard music from the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods in England, i.e., the late Renaissance and very early Baroque. It takes its name from Viscount Fitzwilliam who bequeathed this manuscript collection to Cambridge University in 1816. It is now housed in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge. The word virginals does not necessarily denote any specific instrument and might refer to anything with a keyboard. History It was given no title by its copyist and the ownership of the manuscript before the eighteenth century is unclear. At the time ''The'' ''Fitzwilliam Virginal Book'' was put together most collections of keyboard music were compiled by performers and teachers: other examples include ''Will Forster's Virginal Book'', ''Clement Matchett's Virginal Book'', and ''Anne Cromwell's Virginal Book''. It is possible that the complexities of typesetting music precluded the printing of much keyboard music durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Aston
Hugh Aston (also spelled ''Asseton'', ''Assheton'', ''Ashton'', ''Haston''; c. 1485 – buried 17 November 1558) was an English composer of the early Tudor period. While little of his music survives, he is notable for his innovative keyboard and church music writing. He was also politically active, a mayor, Member of Parliament, and Alderman. Biography Hugh Aston was born in Leicester in or around 1485. His father was Alderman Robert Aston, a Senior Burgess of Leicester's South Ward. Hugh's subsequent musical education points to the likelihood that his early years were spent as a boy chorister, probably in the Choral College and Hospital of the Annunciation of St Mary in the Newarke, (The Newarke College). This was near the 'South Ward' represented by his father, beside the south gates of medieval Leicester. At the time it was one of the most prestigious of England's provincial choral institutions. A musically gifted boy such as Hugh would begin in the choir aged around 8, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Carman's Whistle
"The Carman's Whistle" is a song of the Tudor era. The title refers to the occupation of "carman" (or carter, as we would say today). Carmen were known for their habit of whistling, which according to William Chappell was effective in the management of horses. Risqué lyrics have survived including a version entitled "The Courteous Carman and the Amorous maid: Or, The Carman's Whistle". A version of this tune for the lute has been attributed to Robert Johnson or his father John Johnson. However, the best-known version is a keyboard arrangement by William Byrd, who used the tune as the basis of a set of variations. Byrd's piece was included in two of the most important collections of keyboard music of the Renaissance, '' My Ladye Nevells Booke'' and the '' Fitzwilliam Virginal Book''. ''My Lady Nevells Booke'' is dated 1591, which provides a ''terminus ante quem'' for Byrd's composition. ''The Carman's Whistle'' was a popular work in Byrd's lifetime. Davitt Moroney notes th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Yow Walke The Woods Soe Wylde
"Will Yow Walke the Woods soe Wylde" is the title of a song from the Tudor era, popularly believed to have been a favourite of Henry VIII. The complete text of the song has not survived, but contained the short refrain: :'Shall I go walk the wood so wild, wandering, wandering, here and there'. The melody of the song can be found in several compositions of the period, and would appear to have been popular with composers, perhaps because of its sprightly melody in the Lydian mode, or because it evoked a pastoral mood in the minds of contemporary listeners. Variations The song gave rise to two important keyboard works of the late Tudor era: * The first was by William Byrd. Byrd constructed 14 variations on the melody, starting with a simple 'rustic' presentation of the theme with a drone accompaniment and concluding with a richly polyphonic final variation. Byrd's composition appears in several manuscripts including two of the most important collections of keyboard music of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Byrd
William Byrd (; 4 July 1623) was an English composer of late Renaissance music. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native England and those on the continent. He is often coupled with John Dunstaple and Henry Purcell as England's most important early music composers. He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard (the so-called Virginalist school), and consort music. Although he produced sacred music for Anglican services, sometime during the 1570s he became a Roman Catholic and wrote Catholic sacred music later in his life. Life Early life Birth and background Richard Byrd of Ingatestone, Essex was the grandfather of Thomas Byrd, who probably moved to London in the 15th century. Thereafter succeeding generations of the Byrd family are described as gentlemen. William Byrd was probably born in London, the third s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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