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*{{NoCo|Ecce advenit dominator Dominus}} | *{{NoCo|Ecce advenit dominator Dominus}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ecce quam bonum}} | *{{NoCo|Ecce quam bonum}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ecce virgo concipiet}} | *{{NoCo|Ecce virgo concipiet}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ego sum panis vivus}} | *{{NoCo|Ego sum panis vivus}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Emendemus in melius}} | *{{NoCo|Emendemus in melius}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Exsurge Domine}} | *{{NoCo|Exsurge Domine}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Fac cum servo tuo}} | *{{NoCo|Fac cum servo tuo}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Factus est repente}} | *{{NoCo|Factus est repente}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Felix es, sacra Virgo Maria}} | *{{NoCo|Felix es, sacra Virgo Maria}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Felix namque es}} | *{{NoCo|Felix namque es}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Gaude Maria}} | *{{NoCo|Gaude Maria}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Gaudeamus omnes in Domino}} | *{{NoCo|Gaudeamus omnes in Domino}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (All Saints)}} | *{{NoCo|Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (All Saints)}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Gloria tibi, Domine}} | *{{NoCo|Gloria tibi, Domine}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Haec dicit Dominus - Haec dicit Dominus}} | *{{NoCo|Haec dicit Dominus - Haec dicit Dominus}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Haec dies a 3}} | *{{NoCo|Haec dies a 3}} | ||
{{mdl|4}} | {{mdl|4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Haec dies a 6}} | *{{NoCo|Haec dies a 6}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Haec dies - Alleluia Pascha nostrum}} | *{{NoCo|Haec dies - Alleluia Pascha nostrum}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Hodie beata Virgo}} | *{{NoCo|Hodie beata Virgo}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Hodie Christus natus est}} | *{{NoCo|Hodie Christus natus est}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Hodie Simon Petrus}} | *{{NoCo|Hodie Simon Petrus}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|In manus tuas}} | *{{NoCo|In manus tuas}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|In resurrectione tua}} | *{{NoCo|In resurrectione tua}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Infelix ego - Quid igitur faciam? - Ad te igitur}} | *{{NoCo|Infelix ego - Quid igitur faciam? - Ad te igitur}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Jesu nostra redemptio}} | *{{NoCo|Jesu nostra redemptio}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Justorum animae}} | *{{NoCo|Justorum animae}} 5vv | ||
*''Kyrie'': see Masses, ''Great Service, Laetania'' | *''Kyrie'': see Masses, ''Great Service, Laetania'' | ||
*{{NoCo|Laetania}} (Litany "Kyrie…") 4vv | *{{NoCo|Laetania}} (Litany "Kyrie…") 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Laetentur coeli - Orietur in diebus}} | *{{NoCo|Laetentur coeli - Orietur in diebus}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Laudate Dominum omnes gentes}} | *{{NoCo|Laudate Dominum omnes gentes}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Laudate pueri Dominum}} | *{{NoCo|Laudate pueri Dominum}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Laudibus in sanctis - Magnificum Domini - Hunc arguta}} | *{{NoCo|Laudibus in sanctis - Magnificum Domini - Hunc arguta}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Levemus corda}} | *{{NoCo|Levemus corda}} 5vv | ||
{{mdl|4}} | {{mdl|4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna}} | *{{NoCo|Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Libera me, Domine, et pone me}} | *{{NoCo|Libera me, Domine, et pone me}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Nunc dimittis (Gradualia)|Lumen ad revelationem gentium}} | *{{NoCo|Nunc dimittis (Gradualia)|Lumen ad revelationem gentium}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Mass for Three Voices}} | *{{NoCo|Mass for Three Voices}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Mass for Four Voices}} | *{{NoCo|Mass for Four Voices}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Mass for Five Voices}} | *{{NoCo|Mass for Five Voices}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Memento Domine}} | *{{NoCo|Memento Domine}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Memento homo}} | *{{NoCo|Memento homo}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Memento salutis auctor}} | *{{NoCo|Memento salutis auctor}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Miserere mei, Deus}} | *{{NoCo|Miserere mei, Deus}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Miserere mihi Domine}} | *{{NoCo|Miserere mihi Domine}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Ne irascaris Domine - Civitas sancti tui}} | *{{NoCo|Ne irascaris Domine - Civitas sancti tui}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Pange lingua gloriosi|Nobis datus}} | *{{NoCo|Pange lingua gloriosi|Nobis datus}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Non nobis Domine}} (Anonymous) - spurious, not by Byrd | *{{NoCo|Non nobis Domine}} 3vv (Anonymous) - spurious, not by Byrd | ||
*{{NoCo|Non vos relinquam orphanos}} | *{{NoCo|Non vos relinquam orphanos}} 5vv | ||
{{mdl|4}} | {{mdl|4}} | ||
*{{NoCo|Nunc dimittis (Gradualia)}} | *{{NoCo|Nunc dimittis (Gradualia)}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Nunc scio vere}} | *{{NoCo|Nunc scio vere}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O admirabile commertium}} | *{{NoCo|O admirabile commertium}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O Domine adjuva me}} | *{{NoCo|O Domine adjuva me}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O gloriosa Domina}} | *{{NoCo|O gloriosa Domina}} 3vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O lux beata Trinitas}} | *{{NoCo|O lux beata Trinitas}} 6vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O magnum mysterium - Beata Virgo}} | *{{NoCo|O magnum mysterium - Beata Virgo}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O quam gloriosum est regnum - Benedictio et claritas}} | *{{NoCo|O quam gloriosum est regnum - Benedictio et claritas}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O quam suavis}} | *{{NoCo|O quam suavis}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O Rex gloriae}} | *{{NoCo|O Rex gloriae}} 5vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O sacrum convivium}} | *{{NoCo|O sacrum convivium}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia (Gradualia)}} | *{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia (Gradualia)}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia a 6}} (Unpublished) | *{{NoCo|O salutaris hostia a 6}} (Unpublished) | ||
*{{NoCo|Oculi omnium}} | *{{NoCo|Oculi omnium}} 4vv | ||
*{{NoCo|Optimam partem elegit}} | *{{NoCo|Optimam partem elegit}} 5vv | ||
{{btm}} | {{btm}} | ||
Revision as of 00:51, 11 January 2023
Aliases: William Byrde; William Bird; William Birde; William Burde; William Burd – If his surviving signatures are a representative sample, the composer's preferred spelling of his own name was "Byrde", although on his own publications it also appears as Bird and Byrd. His contemporaries knew him indiscriminately as Byrd(e), Bird(e) and even Burd(e).
Life
Born: 1539 or 1540?
Died: 4 July 1623
Biography:
Byrd's will, dated November 1622, declares that he is ‘in the 80th yeare of myne age’, but since a deposition of October 1598 gives his age as ‘58 yeares or ther abouts’ it seems likely the will had been drafted some time before being dated.
William Byrd was one of the most celebrated English composers in the Renaissance. His entire life was marked by contradictions, and as a true Renaissance man he cannot be easily categorised. 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 Roman Catholic liturgy, particularly in his later years; the two volumes of Gradualia form a prime example. Possibly as a result of this he did not receive widespread recognition in his lifetime, but was very well respected among the Roman Catholic gentry. In the anti-Catholic frenzy following the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, the first volume of the Gradualia, printed by Thomas East in 1605, was banned in England under penalty of imprisonment as indeed was all of his Catholic music; however his Anglican music— such as the Short Service, and the Responses— has been sung in English cathedrals uninterrupted for the past four centuries.
The entry in Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (William Boyce) reads:
William Bird, was admitted a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1569. He, in conjunction with Thomas Tallis, published in 1575 a collection of their own compositions in Latin, entitled, Sacred Songs: and in the Years 1589, 1591, and 1605, he printed three other collections of his own Productions in the same Language, all of which had the same Title with the first conjoint Publication.
His works were, in his own time, in great Repute, both at Home and Abroad, and are still held in general Estimation: His Canon of Non nobis Domine, will, in particular, remain a perpetual Monument to his Memory.--- He died in 1623.
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List of choral works
- For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see William Byrd compositions
Sacred music
in Latin (A-D)
in Latin (E-O)
in Latin (P-Z)
English Anthems
Secular music
Other works not listed above (See Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)
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Publications (vocal music only)
- Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (1575), jointly with Thomas Tallis
- Psalmes, Sonnets and Songs of sadnes and pietie (1588)
- Cantiones Sacrae I (1589)
- Songs of sundrie natures (1589)
- Cantiones Sacrae II (1591)
- Masses for 3-5 voices (1592-95)
- Gradualia I (1605)
- Gradualia II (1607)
- Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets… (1611)
Contributions to:
- Musica Transalpina (1588)
- The first sett, of Italian madrigalls Englished (1590)
- The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule (1614)
External links
There is no single official Byrd website, but a variety of useful resources can be found scattered widely across the Web. Many of these sites still repeat the (almost certainly) incorrect birthdate of 1543.
- Works by William Byrd in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
- Classical.net article - Brief biography and long out-of-date discography.
- Stainer & Bell's Byrd Home Page - Complete list of works, plus links to the Byrd Edition.
- John Sankey's keyboard page - Includes midi files of the complete keyboard works.
- Midiworld - Basically a duplicate of John Sankey's site, plus some midi files of non-keyboard works.
- Byrd on HOASM - Includes useful links and some facsimiles of printed editions.