William Byrd
Sign in to saveEnglish composer (ca. 1540-1623)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1542 or 3
- Died
- 1623
- Works
- 58
Top works
- Psalmes, sonets & songs of sadnes and pietie, made into musicke of five parts
- The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
- Byrd studies
- William Byrd's Histories of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina
- Beata viscera (Hail Mary, full of grace)
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- 108,082
- Total plays
- 963,089
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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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/William
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1540 , Ingatestone , Essex , England
- Died
- 4 July 1623, Stondon Massey , Essex, England
- Works
- List of compositions
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Key dates
- Born
- 1538
- Died
- 1623
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- organist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Genre
- classical music
Article
William Byrd (/bɜːrd/; 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.
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