William Byrd
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Byrd was the leading English composer of his generation, and with Palestrina and Lassus, was acknowledged a master of the late Renaissance.
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Composition Highlights
Title
Year
Avg. Duration
Genre
Mass for 4 voices (SATB)
1592
14:11
Choral
Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB)
1590
16:16
Choral
Come to me, grief, for ever, consort song for voice & 4 viols
1580
05:01
Vocal Music
My Lord of Oxenford's Mask (From Thomas Morley's "The First Booke of Consort Lessons")
1590
01:54
Keyboard Chamber Music
Browning a 5, for instrumental consort ("The Leaves Bee Greene")
1590
04:09
Chamber Music
Mass for 3 Voices (ATB)
1590
14:02
Choral
Pavan and galliard a 6, for instrumental consort in C major
1600
03:49
Orchestral Chamber Music
Fair Britain isle, song for voice & 4 viols
1612
05:58
Vocal Music
My mistress had a little dog, consort song for voices & 4 viols
1590
06:07
Vocal Music
The March before the Battle, or, The Earl of Oxford's March, for keyboard, MB 93
1590
03:23
Keyboard
Ave verum corpus (also anthem: "O Lord, God of Israel"), motet for 4 voices (SATB)
1605
04:12
Choral
Rowland (or "Lord Willoughby's Welcome home"), variations for keyboard, MB 7
1590
02:28
Keyboard
Laudibus in sanctus (also anthem "Praise the Lord among His Holy ones"), motet for 5 voices (SSATB)
1580
05:33
Choral
Lullaby, my sweet little baby, madrigal for 5 voices (SSATB) & viols
1588
05:48
Vocal Music Choral
Wolsey's Wild (Wilson's Wild), variations for keyboard, MB 37
1590
01:44
Keyboard
The woods so wild, variations for keyboard, MB 85
1590
04:04
Keyboard
The Carman's Whistle, air & variations for keyboard, MB 36
1590
04:32
Keyboard
Alman (The Queen's Alman), for keyboard, MB 10
1590
03:18
Keyboard
Sing Joyfully, anthem for 6 voices (SSAATB)
1590
02:39
Choral
Haec dies, motet for 6 voices (SSATTB)
1580
02:26
Choral
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