William Byrd

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Died: 4 July 1623]]

William Byrd (1540? – July 4, 1623) 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 is 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.

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Ab ortu solis   (   Sibelius 2 ) 2 editions available Ad te igitur   (   Sibelius 2 ) Adoramus te   (   Sibelius 2 ) Adorna thalamum tuum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Afflicti pro peccatis   (   Sibelius 2 ) Agnus Dei (from 'Mass for Four Voices')   (   ENCORE ) Agnus Dei (from 'Mass for Four Voices')   (  Finale-2002 ) All as a sea   (   Sibelius 2 ) Alleluia - Ascendit Deus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Alleluia - Ave Maria   (   Sibelius 2 ) Alleluia - Emitte Spiritum tuum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Alleluia - Senex puerum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Alleluia, Ave Maria   (  ) Alleluia. Cognoverunt discipuli   (   Sibelius 2 ) Alleluia. Vespere autem sabbati   (   Sibelius 2 ) Although the heathen poets   (   Sibelius 2 ) An earthly tree an heavenly fruit   (   Sibelius 2 ) And think ye Nymphs to scorn at love - Love is a fit of pleasure   (   Sibelius 2 ) Angelus Domini descendit   (   Sibelius 2 ) Apparabit in finem   (   Sibelius 2 ) Arise Lord into thy rest   (   Sibelius 2 ) Ascendit Deus in jubilatione   (   Sibelius 2 ) Aspice Domine   (   Sibelius 2 ) Aspice Domine de sede   (   Sibelius 2 ) Assumpta est Maria   (   Sibelius 2 ) Attend mine humble prayer   (   Sibelius 2 ) Attollite portas   (   Sibelius 2 ) Ave Maria   ( SmartMusicViewer ) Ave maris stella   (   Sibelius 2 ) Ave verum corpus   (   Sibelius 2 ) 5 editions available Awake mine eyes   (   Sibelius 2 ) Beata es, Virgo Maria   (   Sibelius 2 ) Beata Virgo   (   Finale-2001 ) Beata Virgo   (   Sibelius 2 ) Beata Viscera   ( SmartMusicViewer   Finale-2001 ) Beata viscera   (   Sibelius 2 ) Beati mundo corde   (   Sibelius 2 ) Behold how good a thing   (   Sibelius 2 ) Benedicta et venerabilis   (   Sibelius 2 ) Benedictio et claritas   (   Sibelius 2 ) Benedictus   (  ) Benedictus (from Mass for Three Voices)   (   ENCORE ) Benedictus (Mass for Three Voices)   (  ) Benedita et Venerabilis   (   SIBELIUS ) Blessed is he that fears the Lord   (   Sibelius 2 ) Bow thine ear, O Lord   (   Sibelius 2 ) But when by proof they find   (   Sibelius 2 ) Cantate Domino   (   Sibelius 2 ) Care for thy soul   (   Sibelius 2 ) Christ rising again   (   Sibelius 2 ) Christus resurgens   (   Sibelius 2 ) Cibavit eos   (   ) Cibavit eos   (   Sibelius 2 ) Circumdederunt me   (   Sibelius 2 ) Civitas sancti tui   (   SIBELIUS ) Come Jolly Swains   (   Sibelius 2 ) Come let us rejoice unto our Lord   (   Sibelius 2 ) Come to me grief for ever   (   Sibelius 2 ) Come to Me, Grief, Forever (partbook format)   (   ABC ) Come woeful Orpheus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Confirma hoc Deus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Confirma hoc, Deus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Constant Penelope   (   Sibelius 2 ) Constitues eos Principes   (   Sibelius 2 ) Contumelias et terrores   (   Sibelius 2 ) Crowned with flowers   (   Sibelius 2 ) Cunctis diebus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Da mihi auxilium   (   Sibelius 2 ) Defecit in dolore (Part I)   (   Sibelius 2 ) Deo gratias   (   Sibelius 2 ) 3 editions available Deo patri sit gloria   (   Sibelius 2 ) Descendit de coelis   (   Sibelius 2 ) Deus venerunt gentes   (   Sibelius 2 ) Dies sanctificatus   (   NOTEWORTHY COMPOSER ) Diffusa Est Gratia   (  ) Diffusa est gratia - Propter veritatem - Vultum tuum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Diliges Dominum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Diverte a malo   (   Sibelius 2 ) Domine exaudi orationem   (   Sibelius 2 ) Domine non sum dignus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Domine praestolamur   (   Sibelius 2 ) Domine secundum actum meum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Domine secundum multitudinem   (   Sibelius 2 ) Domine tu jurasti   (   Sibelius 2 ) Eagle's Force, The   (   Sibelius 2 ) Eagle's force, The (partbook format)   (   ABC ) Ecce advenit dominator Dominus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Ecce quam bonum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Ecce virgo concipiet   (   Sibelius 2 ) Ego sum panis vivus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Emendemus in melius   (   ) Emendemus in melius   (   Sibelius 2 ) Even from the depth   (   Sibelius 2 ) Exsurge Domine   (   Sibelius 2 ) Fac cum servo tuo   (   Sibelius 2 ) Fac cum servo tuo   (   Sibelius 2 ) Factus est repente   (   Sibelius 2 ) Farewell false Love   (   Sibelius 2 ) Feigned Friend, A   (   Sibelius 2 ) Felix es, sacra Virgo Maria   (   Sibelius 2 ) Felix namque es   (   Sibelius 2 ) From Cytheron the warlike boy is fled   (   Sibelius 2 ) From Depth of Sin   (   Sibelius 2 ) From Virgin' Womb   (   Sibelius 2 ) Gaude Maria   (   Sibelius 2 ) Gaudeamus omnes in Domino   (   Sibelius 2 ) Gaudeamus omnes in Domino   (   Sibelius 2 ) Gloria Patri, qui creavit nos   (   Sibelius 2 ) Gloria tibi, Domine   (   Sibelius 3 ) Greedy Hawk, The   (   Sibelius 2 ) Haec dicit Dominus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Haec Dies   (   Sibelius 2 ) 4 editions available Haec Dies (3 part)   (   ENCORE ) Haec Dies - Alleluia Pascha nostrum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Have mercy on me   (   Sibelius 2 ) Help, Lord, for Wasted are Those Men   (   Sibelius 2 ) Hodie beata Virgo   (   Sibelius 2 ) Hodie Christus natus est   (   Sibelius 2 ) Hodie Simon Petrus   (   Sibelius 2 ) How shall a young man   (   Sibelius 2 ) I have been young   (   Sibelius 2 ) I have Longed for Thy Saving Health   (    ) I joy not in no earthly bliss   (   Sibelius 2 ) I thought that Love had been a boy   (   Sibelius 2 ) I Will Not Leave You Comfortless   (   Finale-1998 ) Ideo deprecor   (   Sibelius 2 ) If in thine heart   (   Sibelius 2 ) If that a sinner's sighs   (   Sibelius 2 ) If women could be fair   (   Sibelius 2 ) In fields abroad   (   Sibelius 2 ) In resurrectione tua   (   Sibelius 2 ) In Winter cold   (   Sibelius 2 ) Infelix ego (Part I)   (   Sibelius 2 ) Introit: Resurrexi   (   Sibelius 2 ) Is Love a boy?   (   Sibelius 2 ) 2 editions available Jesu nostra redemptio   (   Sibelius 2 ) Justorum Animae   (   Finale-1998 ) Justorum animae   (   Sibelius 2 ) La Verginella   (   Sibelius 2 ) Laetentur coeli   (   Sibelius 2 ) 2 editions available Laudate Dominum omnes gentes   (   Sibelius 2 ) Laudate pueri Dominum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Laudibus in sanctis   (   Sibelius 2 ) Let not the sluggish sleep   (   Sibelius 2 ) Levemus corda   (   Sibelius 2 ) Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna   (   Sibelius 2 ) Libera me, Domine, et pone me   (   Sibelius 2 ) Look down, o Lord, on me poor man   (   ) Lord hear my prayer   (   Sibelius 2 ) Lord hear my prayer   (  Sibelius 2 ) Lord in thy rage   (   Sibelius 2 ) Lord in thy wrath correct me not   (   Sibelius 2 ) Lord in thy wrath reprove me not   (   Sibelius 2 ) Lord, Make Me to Know Thy Ways   (   Sibelius 2 ) Lullaby my sweet little baby   (   Sibelius 2 ) Lullaby, my sweet little baby   (   Sibelius 2 ) Lumen ad revelationem gentium   (   NOTEWORTHY COMPOSER )

Magnificat (from 'Short Evening Service')   (   ENCORE ) Make ye joy to God   (   Sibelius 2 ) Mass for Five Voices (complete)   (   SIBELIUS ) Mass for Four Voices - Benedictus   (   ENCORE ) Mass for Four Voices - Credo   (   ENCORE ) Mass for Four Voices - Gloria   (   ENCORE ) Mass for Four Voices - Kyrie   (   ENCORE ) Mass for Four Voices - Sanctus   (   ENCORE ) Mass for Three Voices (arr. for SAB)   (   ) Mass for Three Voices (complete)   (  MUP ) Mass for Three Voices (complete)   (   Finale-2004 ) Kyrie (from Mass for Three Voices)   (   ENCORE ) Kyrie (Mass for Three Voices)   (  ) Gloria (from Mass for Three Voices)   (   ENCORE ) Credo (from Mass for Three Voices)   (   ENCORE ) Sanctus (from Mass for Three Voices)   (   ENCORE ) Sanctus (Mass for Three Voices)   (  ) Agnus Dei (Mass for Three Voices)   (  ) Agnus Dei (Mass for Three Voices)   (   ENCORE ) Memento homo   (   Sibelius 2 ) Memento Domine   (   Sibelius 2 ) Memento salutis auctor   (   Sibelius 2 ) Mine eyes with fervency   (   Sibelius 2 ) Miserere mei, Deus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Miserere mihi Domine   (   Sibelius 2 ) My Mind to me a Kingdom is   (   Sibelius 2 ) My soul oppressed with care   (   Sibelius 2 ) Ne Irascaris   (   ) Ne irascaris Domine   (  MusiXTex ) Ne irascaris Domine   (   SIBELIUS ) Ne Irascaris Domine   (   Sibelius 2 ) Nightingale, The   (   Sibelius 2 ) Nobis datus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Non nobis Domine - 3 editions available Non vos relinquam orphanos   (   Sibelius 2 ) Nunc Dimittis   (   SIBELIUS ) Nunc dimittis   (   Sibelius 2 ) Nunc Dimittis (from 'Short Evening Service')   (   ENCORE ) Nunc scio vere   (   Sibelius 2 ) O admirabile commercium   (   Sibelius 2 ) O Dear Life   (   Sibelius 2 ) O Domine adjuva me   (   Sibelius 2 ) O gloriosa Domina   (   Sibelius 2 ) O God give ear   (   Sibelius 2 ) O God that guides the cheerful sun   (   Sibelius 2 ) O God which are most merciful   (   Sibelius 2 ) O Lord my God   (   Sibelius 2 ) O Lord, how long wilt thou forget   (   Sibelius 3 ) O Lord, make Thy servant Elizabeth   (   Finale-2000 ) 3 editions available O Lord, who in thy sacred tent   (   Sibelius 2 ) O lux beata Trinitas   (   Sibelius 2 ) O Magnum Mysterium - 3 edition available O quam gloriosam est regnum   (   Sibelius 2 ) O quam suavis   (   Sibelius 2 ) O Rex gloriae   (   Sibelius 2 ) O sacrum convivium   (   Sibelius 2 ) O salutaris hostia - 3 editions available O that most rare breast   (   Sibelius 2 ) O you that hear this voice   (   Sibelius 2 ) Oculi omnium   (   Sibelius 2 ) Of flatt'ring speech   (   Sibelius 2 ) Of gold all burnished   (   Sibelius 2 ) Optimam pertem elegit   (   Sibelius 2 ) Orientur in diebus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Pange lingua gloriosi   (   Sibelius 2 ) Pascha nostrum - Communion   (   Sibelius 2 ) Peccantem me quotidie   (   Sibelius 2 ) Penelope that longed for the sight   (   Sibelius 2 ) Plorans plorabit   (   Sibelius 2 ) Post dies octo - Mane nobiscum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Praise Our Lord, all Ye Gentiles   (   SIBELIUS ) Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles   (   Sibelius 2 ) Prevent Us, O Lord   (  ) Propter veritatem - Alleluia - Assumpta est Maria   (   Sibelius 2 ) Prostrate O Lord I Lie   (   Sibelius 2 ) Psallite Domino   (   Sibelius 2 ) Puer natus   (   SIBELIUS ) Puer natus est   (   Finale-2001 ) Puer natus est nobis - 3 editions available Quem terra, pontus, aethera   (   Sibelius 2 ) Quid igitur faciam?   (   Sibelius 2 ) Quiescat Domine   (   Sibelius 2 ) Quis est homo   (   Sibelius 2 ) Quodcunque ligaveris   (   Sibelius 2 ) Quotiescunque manducabitis   (   Sibelius 2 ) Recordare Domine   (   Sibelius 2 ) Reges Tharsis   (   Sibelius 2 ) Regina coeli laetare   (   Sibelius 2 ) Responsum accepit Simeon   (   Sibelius 2 ) Retire my soul   (   Sibelius 2 ) Right Blest are They   (   Sibelius 2 ) Rorate caeli desuper   (   Sibelius 2 ) Sacerdotes Domini   (  ) Sacerdotes Domini   (   ENCORE ) Sacerdotes Domini   (   Sibelius 2 ) Sacerdotes Domini   (   Sibelius 2 ) Salve Regina (1591)   (   Sibelius 2 ) Salve sancta parens   (   Sibelius 2 ) Sanctus   (  ) Sed tu, Domine   (   Sibelius 2 ) Sed tu, Domine (Part II)   (   Sibelius 2 ) Sed veni, Domine   (   Sibelius 2 ) See those sweet eyes - Love would discharge   (   Sibelius 2 ) Senex Puerum   (   SIBELIUS ) Senex Puerum Portabat   (   Sibelius 2 ) Senex puerum portabat   (   Sibelius 2 ) Short Evening Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis)   (   ENCORE ) Sicut Audivimus   (   SIBELIUS ) Siderum rector   (   Sibelius 2 ) 2 editions available Sing Joyfully   (   Finale-2001 ) Sing Joyfully   (   Sibelius 2 ) Sing we merrily unto God   (   Sibelius 2 ) Sing ye to our Lord   (   Sibelius 2 ) Solve jubente Deo   (   Sibelius 2 ) Speciosus forma - Alleluia - Post partum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Spiritus Domini   (   Sibelius 2 ) Surge, illuminare - Alleluia - Vidimus stellam   (   Sibelius 2 ) Susanna fair (1588)   (   Sibelius 2 ) Susanna fair (1589)   (   Sibelius 2 ) Suscepimus Deus   (   SIBELIUS ) Suscepimus Deus - Justitia - Magnus Dominus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Suscepimus Deus - Sicut audivimus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Te deprecor   (   Sibelius 2 ) Te mane laudum carmine   (   Sibelius 2 ) Teach Me, O Lord   (  Sibelius 2 ) Terra tremuit   (   NOTEWORTHY COMPOSER ) Terra tremuit   (   Sibelius 2 ) This Day Christ Was Born   (   SIBELIUS ) This day Christ was born   (   Sibelius 2 ) This Sweet and Merry Month of May   (   SIBELIUS ) Though Amaryllis Dance in Green   (   Sibelius 2 ) Though Amaryllis Dance in Green   (   Sibelius 2 ) Timete Dominum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Tollite portas - Ave Maria   (   Sibelius 2 ) Tribue Domine   (   Sibelius 2 ) Tribulatio proxima est   (   Sibelius 2 ) Tribulationes civitatum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Tristitia et anxietas   (   Sibelius 2 ) Tu es pastor ovium   (   Sibelius 2 ) Tu es Petrus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Tui sunt caeli   (   Sibelius 2 ) Turn our captivity   (   Sibelius 2 ) Unam petii a Domino   (   Sibelius 2 ) Unto the hills mine eyes I lift   (   Sibelius 2 ) Upon a Summer's day   (   Sibelius 2 ) Veni Sancte Spiritus   (   Sibelius 2 ) Veni, Domine   (   Sibelius 2 ) Venite comedite   (   SIBELIUS ) Venite exultemus Domino   (   Sibelius 2 ) Venite, vete comedite   (   Sibelius 2 ) Victimae paschali laudes - sequence   (   Sibelius 2 ) Vide Domine afflictionem   (   Sibelius 2 ) Viderunt omnes (Communion)   (   Sibelius 2 ) Viderunt omnes - Alleluia - Dies sanctificatus (Gradual & Alleluia)   (   Sibelius 2 ) Vidimus stellam   (   Sibelius 2 ) Vigilate   (   Sibelius 2 ) Virga Jesse floruit   (  ) Virgo Dei Genetrix   (   ) Viri Galilaei   (   Sibelius 2 ) Visita Quaesumus   (   ENCORE ) Vultum tuum   (   Sibelius 2 ) Wedded to will is witless   (   Sibelius 2 ) Weeping full sore   (   Sibelius 2 ) What is life, or worldly pleasure?   (   Sibelius 2 ) What pleasure have great princes   (   Sibelius 2 ) When first by force   (   Sibelius 2 ) When younglings first on Cupid fix their sight   (   Sibelius 2 ) Where fancy fond   (   Sibelius 2 ) While that the Sun   (   Sibelius 2 ) Who likes to love   (   Sibelius 2 ) Who looks may leap   (   Sibelius 2 ) Who made thee, Hob, forsake the Plaugh   (   Sibelius 2 ) Why do I use my paper, ink and pen?   (   Sibelius 2 ) Wounded I am - Yet of us twain   (   Sibelius 2 ) Ye sacred muses   (   Finale-2000 )

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Publications

• Cantiones Sacrae I (1589)
• Cantiones Sacrae II (1591)
• Psalmes, Sonnets & Songs (1588)
• Songs of sundrie natures (1589)
• Gradualia I (1605)
• Gradualia II (1607)

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