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.
Genre: classical, early-music, renaissance, anglican-liturgy, english-renaissance
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Top Tracks
- Emendemus in melius
- Vigilate
- Ne irascaris, Domine
- Sing Joyfully (Arr. Pierini for String Quartet)
- Ave verum corpus
- Ave verum corpus (Arr. Pierini for String Quartet)
- Jhon Come Kisse Me Now (Arr. Pierini for Soprano & String Quartet)
- Nunc dimittis: Nunc dimittis
- The Galliarde for the Victorie
- O salutaris hostia
- Mass for 5 Voices: VI. Agnus Dei
- Out of the Orient, Crystal Skies (Arr. Pierini for Soprano & String Quartet)
- Miserere mihi, Domine: Miserere mihi, Domine
- Christe, qui lux es et dies: Christe, qui lux es et dies
- Prevent Us, O Lord, T 207
- Infelix ego
- Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby (Arr. Pierini for Soprano, Baritone & String Quartet)
- Mass for 4 Voices, T 1: Gloria
- Ne irascaris, Domine
- Byrd: The Battaile: XII. The Buriing of the dead (No. 39 from Elizabeth Rogers' Virginal Book)
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