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William Byrd

William Byrd has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 6 March 2016. William Byrd's music has been featured on 11 episodes.

William Byrd (1540 or late 1539 –1623) was one of the most celebrated English composers in the Renaissance.

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…

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'The Earl Of Salisbury' Pavan & 2 Galliards (A Minor, BK 15)
William Byrd, Davitt Moroney
Harmonia Mundi France1986
'The Earl Of Salisbury' Pavan & 2 Galliards (A Minor, BK 15)
William Byrd, Davitt MoroneyHarmonia Mundi France1986
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Fantasia
Bach, Bull, Byrd, Gibbons, Hassler, Pachelbel, Ritter, Strogers, Gustav Leonhardt
Alpha Productions2003
Fantasia
Bach, Bull, Byrd, Gibbons, Hassler, Pachelbel, Ritter, Strogers, Gustav LeonhardtAlpha Productions2003
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Mass For Five Voices
William Byrd, Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston
Argo1977
Mass For Five Voices
William Byrd, Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon PrestonArgo1977
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O Magnum Mysterium
W. Byrd, T.L.De Victoria, P. Maxwell Davies, The Choir Of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown
Meridian1985
O Magnum Mysterium
W. Byrd, T.L.De Victoria, P. Maxwell Davies, The Choir Of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy BrownMeridian1985
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Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
John Dowland, William Byrd, Fretwork, Michael Chance, Christopher Wilson
Virgin Classics1990
Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
John Dowland, William Byrd, Fretwork, Michael Chance, Christopher WilsonVirgin Classics1990
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Lasso Vita Mia, Mi Fa Morire
John Dowland, William Byrd, Fretwork, Michael Chance, Christopher Wilson
Virgin Classics1990
Lasso Vita Mia, Mi Fa Morire
John Dowland, William Byrd, Fretwork, Michael Chance, Christopher WilsonVirgin Classics1990
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12 Sonatas Of Three Parts, 1683 Z790-801
The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Purcell, Arne, Boyce, Byrd
L'Oiseau-Lyre2015
12 Sonatas Of Three Parts, 1683 Z790-801
The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Purcell, Arne, Boyce, ByrdL'Oiseau-Lyre2015
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Miserere Mei, Deus
William Byrd, The Choir Of New College Oxford
CRD Records1994
Miserere Mei, Deus
William Byrd, The Choir Of New College OxfordCRD Records1994
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No. 32 All In A Garden Grine
William Byrd, Elizabeth Farr
Naxos2007
No. 32 All In A Garden Grine
William Byrd, Elizabeth FarrNaxos2007
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A Toye F268 / MB79
Pieter-Jan Belder, G. Farnaby, R. Farnaby, Byrd
Brilliant Classics2020
A Toye F268 / MB79
Pieter-Jan Belder, G. Farnaby, R. Farnaby, ByrdBrilliant Classics2020
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