William Byrd

William Byrd (; c. 1540 – 4 July 1623) was an English Renaissance composer. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native country and on the Continent. He is often considered along with John Dunstaple and Henry Purcell as one of England's most important composers of early music. Byrd 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. He produced sacred music for Anglican services, but during the 1570s became a Roman Catholic, and wrote Catholic sacred music later in his life.

L'homme armé. Musique de guerre et de paix, 1450-1650 - 2024-08-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Reformation: Keyboard works by William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull & Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - 2024-06-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Im wachen Traume: Byrd, Schumann, Purcell - 2024-06-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Byrd: Sacred Works - 2023-12-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages - 2023-11-03T00:00:00.000000Z

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