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 William Byrd (c.1539-1623)
Born
in London at the end of 1539 or early 1540, William Byrd was
the foremost composer of the Elizabethan age and among the three or four
English composers since the Renaissance who have stood unequivocally as
equals with their continental contemporaries. A master of keyboard music
and the madrigal as well as Latin and English church music, he was an
organist and member of the sovereign's private religious establishment,
the Chapel Royal. Yet he remained throughout his life a dedicated Roman
Catholic who was persecuted as a recusant and who upheld through his art
the old faith.
The spirit
of his work survived undimmed through the neglect of the baroque and classical
periods. It was only with the publication of The
Byrd Edition during the 20th century, however, that the full range
of his genius became evident and accessible to music lovers, an awareness
enhanced by the wide range of recordings now available, performed by many
of the world's leading early music specialists.
Byrd's works published
by Stainer & Bell
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Choral
Ave Verum Corpus (All hail true Body).
SATB (Ref. CC520)
Cantiones Sacrae (1575). Byrd Edition
Vol. 1. (Ref. B363)
Cantiones Sacrae (1589). Byrd Edition
Vol. 2.(Ref. B364)
Cantiones Sacrae (1591). Byrd Edition
Vol. 3.(Ref. B365)
Cast off all Doubtful Care. SSAT
and Earthly Tree, a Heavenly Fruit, An. SS and Keyboard
(Ref. CC246)
Come Ye with Psalmody. SSATB (Ref.
CC417)
[PDF]
Consort Music. Byrd Edition Vol. 17.
(Ref. B362)
Cradle Song. SATB and Piano (Ref. CC477)
[PDF]
Earthly Tree, a Heavenly Fruit, An. SS
and Keyboard and Cast off all Doubtful Care. SSAT (Ref.
CC246)
[PDF]
Emendemus in Melius. SATTB (Ref. CC521A)
English Anthems. Byrd Edition Vol.
11.(Ref. B373)
English Services, Book 1. Byrd Edition
Vol. 10A. (Ref. B372)
English Services, Book 2. Byrd Edition
Vol. 10B. (Ref. B566)
Gradualia I (1605). Part 1. (The
Marian Masses). Byrd Edition Vol. 5. (Ref. B367)
Gradualia I (1605). Part 2. (All Saints
and Corpus Christi). Byrd Edition Vol. 6A. (Ref. B368)
Gradualia I (1605). Part 2. (Other Feasts
and Devotions) Byrd Edition Vol. 6B. (Ref. B781)
Gradualia II (1607). Part 1. (Christmas
to Easter). Byrd Edition Vol. 7A. (Ref. B369)
Gradualia II (1607). Part 2. (Ascension,
Pentecost and the Feasts of Saints Peter & Paul).
Byrd Edition Vol. 7B. (Ref. B824)
Hodie Christus Natus Est. SATB (Ref.
CC239)
[PDF]
Justorum Animae. SSATB (Ref. CC312)
Latin Motets I. Byrd Edition Vol. 8.
(Ref. B370)
Latin Motets II. Byrd Edition
Vol. 9. (Ref. B371)
Laudibus in Sanctis. SSATB (Ref.
CC528)
Lord God Almighty. SSATB (Ref. CC407)
Lullaby, my Sweet Little Baby (Parts I and
II). SSATB (or Alto Solo and Four Viols) (Ref.
M1432)
[PDF]
Madrigals, Songs and Canons. Byrd Edition
Vol. 16. (Ref. B351)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis from "The Great
Service" ed Craig Monson. (Ref. D89)
Mass for Three Voices (Latin words).
ATB edited Philip Brett. (Ref. CS358)
Mass for Four Voices (Latin words). SATB
edited Philip Brett. (Ref. CS359)
Mass for Five Voices (Latin words). SATTB
edited Philip Brett. (Ref. B635)
Masses 1592–1595. Complete. Byrd
Edition Vol. 4. (Ref. B366)
O Magnum Mysterium. SATB (Ref. CC330)
Praise our Lord, all Ye Gentiles. SSATBB
(Ref. CC242)
Praise the Lord among His Holy Ones.
SSATB (Ref. CC528)
Psallite Domino. SSATB (Ref. CC417)
[PDF]
Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611).
Byrd Edition Vol. 14. (Ref. B376)
Sacerdotes Domini. SATB (Ref. CC415A)
Salve Regina. SATB (Ref. W55)
Siderum Rector. SSATB (Ref. CC407)
Sing Joyfully. SSAATB (Ref. CC559)
Souls of the Righteous. SSATB (Ref. CC312)
This Day Christ was Born. SSAATB (Ref.
M1627)
[PDF]
Though Amaryllis Dance in Green.
SAATB (or Soprano and Four Viols) (Ref. M1412)
Tu es Petrus. SSATTB (Ref. W57)
Wounded I am. SATB (Ref. W3)
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Keyboard
Keyboard Music, Book 1. Musica Britannica.
(Ref. MB27) [contents]
Keyboard Music, Book 2. Musica Britannica.
(Ref. MB28) [contents]
Pieces, Fifteen. Early Keyboard (Ref. K4)
Pieces from Lady Nevell’s Book, Nine.
Early Keyboard (Ref. K33)
Variations, Six Sets. Early Keyboard
(Ref. K34)
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Solo Songs
Consort Songs from Manuscript Sources.
Byrd Edition Vol. 15. (Ref. B361)
Cradle Song. F Major. Voice & Piano (Ref.
SS11)
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