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	William Byrd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Byrd's life is interesting because of his Roman Catholic sympathies combined with his work in the court of the Anglican Queen Elizabeth I.
		Byrd seems to have thrived on the exuberant, creative atmosphere: one manuscript from Queen Mary’s chapel includes a musical setting of a long psalm for Vespers, with eight verses each by leading court composers Mundy and Sheppard, and four verses by the young Byrd.
		Byrd was talented and fortunate enough to continue his work, and to gain the esteem of nearly all his contemporaries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Byrd (1229 words)

	Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Byrd
		Byrd was the leading English composer of his generation, and together with his continental colleagues Giovanni Palestrina (c.1525-1594) and Orlando de Lassus (1532-1594), one of the acknowledged great masters of the late Renaissance.
		Byrd is considered by many the greatest English composer of any age, and indeed his substantial volume of high quality compositions in every genre of the time makes it easy to consider him the greatest composer of the Renaissance - his versatility and genius outshining those of Palestrina and Lassus in a self-evident way.
		Byrd was a Catholic in Protestant England, and though this position demanded a certain amount of seclusion and discretion, his loyalty to the Crown was never in doubt.
	www.classical.net /music/comp.lst/byrd.html (1454 words)

	British Empire: Biographies: William Byrd
		Colonel William Byrd II (1674-1744), to give him his full title, was born on his father's plantation in Virginia but brought up in Essex and remained in England for most of his early life.
		While William was growing up in Essex he lived with his uncle, Daniel Horsmanden, the Rector of Purleigh near Chelmsford where he met his maternal grandfather, the formidable Colonel Warham Horsmanden, who for twenty years had been a member of the ruling council in Virginia.
		William was buried in the garden at Westover and succeeded by his elder son, William Byrd III (1728-77) who became a soldier - an appropriate profession for those troubled times.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /biography/byrdwilliam.htm (1437 words)

	William Byrd - Wikipedia
		Byrd war der bedeutendste Komponist zu Zeiten von William Shakespeare.
		Byrd war seit 1572 zusammen mit Thomas Tallis Organist der Chapel Royal in London.
		Byrd erhielt zusammen mit Tallis das Privileg des Monopols für Notendruck von Königin Elisabeth I. von England.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Byrd (154 words)

	HOASM: William Byrd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On February 27, 1562/3, Byrd was in his early twenties and sufficiently brilliant a player and compose, to be named organist and master of the choristers at Lincoln cathedral in the north of England, as successor to the 'skilled and faithful' Thomas Appleby.
		Byrd was immediately appointed in his place and although he was named a member of the Chapel Royal in February 1571/2, he formally left Lincoln only in December 1572 (and was succeeded by Thomas Butler).
		Byrd's polyphonic style had no direct influence since it remained almost entirely unknown: however, in the area of keyboard music, Philips and Bull influenced such fine players as their colleague Pieter Cornet (c1575-1633).
	home.sprintmail.com /%7Ecwhent/WilliamByrd.html (5001 words)

	Colonel William Byrd
		William Byrd, lawyer, soldier, and politician, was born at Cottage Farm, Clarke County, Virginia, on September 9, 1828, the son of Richard Evelyn and Anne (Harrison) Byrd.
		Byrd served for a time as state ordnance officer during the fall of 1861 before being elected on November 26, 1861, as lieutenant colonel of Col. Edward Clark's Fourteenth Texas Infantry, a regiment that saw action in the Red River campaign as a component of Walker's Texas Division.
		William Byrd was the grandfather of aviator and explorer Richard Byrd, Virginia governor Harry Byrd, and World War I hero Tom Byrd.
	www.angelfire.com /tx/RandysTexas/page84.html (578 words)

	Heath Anthology of American LiteratureWilliam Byrd II - Author Page
		His father, William Byrd I (1652-1704), emigrated from England in the late 1660s to inherit from his uncle a growing fur trade and some 3,000 acres of land on the Virginia frontier; he became very knowledgeable about the geography of the interior and a valuable negotiator with local Indian tribes.
		When William Byrd II was seven, he was sent across the ocean to the Felsted school in Essex to receive a genteel education.
		In the spring of 1728, Byrd was appointed to lead the Virginia members of a commission to survey and settle the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina.
	college.hmco.com /english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/eighteenth/byrdii_wi.html (1099 words)

	William Byrd II (1674-1744) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Byrd will come as a delightful surprise to students who come to colonial literature with an expectation of unrelieved Puritanism.
		Yet Byrd clearly glories in his own truly biblical mastership over bondmen and his moderate appreciation of alcohol, and he boasts of his own sexual potency under the guise of blaming American women for breeding like rabbits.
		Byrd's confrontation with the bear, at least in his imagination, is the last of a whole series of events in both letters and histories in which British civilization is forced to confront American nature.
	www.georgetown.edu /faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/byrd.html (467 words)

	What sound?. Robert Hugill asks some questions about the music of William Byrd
		So the bass part stretches up to a high F, the alto part stretches down to low F plus altos and tenors are often required to act as two equal parts, crossing frequently, even though altos are down in their boots and the tenors up at the top of their range.
		Byrd was a Roman Catholic in protestant England, with a post at court.
		Byrd came under investigation himself and in 1588 his wife and two daughters were pronounced outlaws.
	www.mvdaily.com /articles/2004/01/byrd1.htm (548 words)

	Sleeve Notes - Byrd: The Complete Keyboard Music
		William Byrd was among the composers in England who helped develop styles of vocal music 'framed to the life of the Words'; indeed, he is the author of this famous phrase.
		Byrd's little Gloria tibi trinitas (BK52) quotes directly from a Tallis work and the spirit of the master's organ hymns and vocal pieces is felt even more strongly in Byrd's earliest consort pieces as well as in slightly more mature works for keyboard such as the three settings of Clarifica me, pater (BK47-49).
		Whereas in Byrd's fourteen sets of variations on popular tunes, the melody remains reasonably stable in the treble while the harmonies are considerably varied from section to section, in his eleven grounds it is the bass that remains steady while the right hand becomes freer and freer, careering all over the keyboard.
	www.hyperion-records.co.uk /notes/66551.html (9396 words)

	Byrd, William (1543 - 1623) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Byrd's compositions for the church may be separated into those for the Catholic liturgy and those designed for the officially recognised Church of England.
		Following the popular fashion of the time, Byrd provided music for various groups of instruments, usually performing in homo- genous ensembles, generally on viols, bowed and fretted string instruments that were held in higher social esteem than the lowly violin.
		Byrd's consort music includes a number of In nomines, a curious English form of music based on a fragment taken from a setting of the Benedictus by the 16th century composer Taverner.
	www.naxos.com /composer/byrd.htm (328 words)

	Africans in America/Part 1/William Byrd's diary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Byrd II was born in Virginia in 1674.
		It was among the scores of large and profitable slave labor camps -- privately owned and sanctioned by the government -- which had sprung into existance in the southern colonies during the preceding generation.
		Although intelligent and known for his keen wit, Byrd was arrogant, dominant, and insensitive.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/aia/part1/1h283.html (180 words)

	The Keyboard Music of William Byrd
		William Byrd (1543-1623) was one of England's most gifted and respected composers of the late Renaissance.
		As late as Byrd, English music was still in transition from the melodically-based (horizontal) modes to those of harmony (counterpoint, or vertical structure), and it is sometimes unclear from musical context which was in a composer's mind.
		Byrd is the earliest composer with whom I feel my method is reliable - his music can mostly be understood by modern ears, as mine of course are.
	www.sankey.ws /byrd.html (2018 words)

	The William Byrd Page at midiworld
		s late as Byrd, English music was still in transition from the melodically-based (horizontal) modes to those of harmony (counterpoint, or vertical structure), and it is sometimes unclear from musical context which was in a composer's mind.
		Misattributions are common, especially in the case of Byrd, who had a son Thomas who also composed - "Mr.Birde" is all we have in some cases.
		I obtained useful guidance from E.H.Fellowes, "William Byrd" (1923) and from volumes 27 and 28 of Musica Britannica, edited by Alan Brown (1969).
	www.midiworld.com /mw_byrd.htm (1219 words)

	American Realities, William Byrd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In William ByrdÕs story we see a man torn between his attachments to England and to America.
		ByrdÕs life introduces us to several important facets of colonial life, including politics, trade, and society.
		The men were doing their best, toasting King George II with the last of their liquor, a bottle of cherry brandy carefully preserved by their leader, William Byrd, and drinking to the queen and all her royal progeny with drafts of pure water from an Allegheny tributary.
	www.narhist.ewu.edu /ar/byrd/byrd.html (460 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: William Byrd
		Byrd was the most distinguished contrapuntist and the most prolific composer of his time in England.
		He was the first Englishman to write madrigals, a form which originated in Italy in the thirteenth century, and received its highest development in the sixteenth century at the hands of Arcadelt and other masters.
		In spite of the harrowing religious conditions under which he lived, in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James I, Byrd remained faithful to his principles and duties as a Catholic, as is shown in his life and by his works.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03092f.htm (463 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: Outline of American Literature: Early American and Colonial Period to ...
		William Byrd describes the gracious way of life at his plantation, Westover, in his famous letter of 1726 to his English friend Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery:
		William Byrd epitomizes the spirit of the southern colonial gentry.
		Byrd is best known today for his lively History of the Dividing Line, a diary of a 1729 trip of some weeks and 960 kilometers into the interior to survey the line dividing the neighboring colonies of Virginia and North Carolina.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/LIT/byrd.htm (384 words)

	William Byrd - an overview of the classical composer
		As a young man, Byrd is thought to have studied under Thomas Tallis but that hasn't been confirmed for certain.
		After Tallis' death, Byrd was solely responsible for music publication in the country.
		The "Pavan and Galliard" were a pair of dances in contrasting styles frequently played one after the other, and Byrd wrote several such pairs.
	www.mfiles.co.uk /composers/William-Byrd.htm (290 words)

	William Byrd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, William Byrd was an English composer; organist at Lincoln Cathedral, 1953, of the Chapel Royal (jointly with Tallis), 1572.
		William Byrd has "A Jigg" in Seven English Pieces.
		Byrd, William (1543 - 1623), biography and works by naxos.com.
	www.grainger.de /music/composers/byrd.html (238 words)

	WILLIAM BYRD TRAXLER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Byrd Traxler was born on July 10, 1912 in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of David Byrd Traxler and Mary Gatling Traxler.
		It is significant that William Byrd Traxler, Jr.
		The hallmark of William Byrd Traxler was his smile and happy demeanor.
	www.law.sc.edu /memory/traxler.htm (399 words)

	Composers: Byrd
		Byrd's last publication was Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets was in 1611, and he died in 1623.
		is one of Byrd's Latin motets, as a four part motet for passiontide, it is one of the gems of English music.
		Between 1592 and 1595 Byrd wrote his three masses for the samll Catholic circles of which he was a part.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/2820/byrd.html (378 words)

	James River Plantations: Westover Plantation - Near Williamsburg
		Westover was built circa 1730 by William Byrd II, the founder of Richmond.
		At the center, where the paths cross, is the handsome tomb with its interesting epitaph honoring the colorful William Byrd I, "Black Swan of Westover," who was buried there in 1744.
		There also are buried Theodorick Bland, from whom William Byrd I bought the Westover property in 1688; William Byrd I and his wife, the former Mary Horsemanden; and other distinguished early Virginians.
	www.jamesriverplantations.org /Westover.html (490 words)

	The William Byrd Link Page on Classic Cat
		Byrd, William - Biography examining his versatility in composing both secular and sacred vocal music as well as various instrumental works includes summary list of works.
		Byrd, William (1543 - 1623) - Brief biography and caricature with summaries of church, vocal, consort, and keyboard music and recommended recordings.
		William Byrd - Find A Grave entry with birth and death dates, musical biography, portrait, note on missing grave site with pictures of commemorative plaque and church, and interactive memorial.
	www.classiccat.net /byrd_w/links.htm (428 words)

	William Byrd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Perhaps it is because William Byrd was taught and instructed by Thomas Tallis that he became undoubtably the most famous composer of English history.
		Byrd was instructed by one of the best composers as well.
		Byrd and Tallis were granted exclusive publishing rights for music.
	www.chatham-nj.org /coin/English9/Maurer/Byrd.html (169 words)

	Music - William Byrd
		Byrd's work is nearly all of the finest quality.
		Byrd was the founder of the English Madrigal School.
		A new recognition of the value of Byrd's compositions has lately come about, and some British musicians are now not hesitating to claim for him a status equal to that of Palestrina, formerly considered to stand head and shoulders above every composer of the period.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles27/music-9.shtml (463 words)

	Ensemble William Byrd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ENSEMBLE européen WILLIAM BYRD is composed of some of the best solo singers of Baroque and Renaissance music in France.
		L’ENSEMBLE européen WILLIAM BYRD is supported by the Minister of Culture, by the Conseil Général du Val d’Oise, and Spedidam.
		He has an extensive discography, both as director and singer, and is also known for his work as trainer of singers, both amateur and professional, and as a counsellor in questions of style and language.
	www.fevis.com /groupes/wbyrd.html (1529 words)

	PAL:William Byrd (1674-1744)
		JK54.E8 The Correspondence of the three William Byrds of Westover, Virginia, 1684-1776.
		Nettles, Margaret M. "The Land, the Self, and the Word: Verbal Landscapes in William Byrd's History of the Dividing Line, St. John de Creveceour's Letters from an American Farmer, and Washington Irving's A Tour of the Prairies." DAI 44.5 (Nov 1983): 44:5, 1455A.
		Byrd's language is simple, direct, concrete, and idiomatic; his sentences are usually short and free of awkward constructions.
	www.csustan.edu /english/reuben/pal/chap2/byrd.html (913 words)

	Col. William Byrd's Observations, Pittsylvania County, VA
		Byrd led a surveying party to mark the line between Virginia and North Carolina in 1728, then returned in 1733 through the same area en route to land he was granted in payment for the survey, which he named “Eden” (North Carolina), immediately to the south and southwest of Pittsylvania County.
		Byrd commented, “The Bottom was cover'd with a coarse Gravel, Spangled very thick with a Shining Substance, that almost dazzled the eye, and the Sand upon either Shore Sparkled with the same Splendid Particles.
		A view today similar to that seen by Byrd and Mayo can be obtained by looking across the city of Danville from the hill on VA 736 just north of its intersection with VA 737.
	www.victorianvilla.com /sims-mitchell/local/articles/phsp/014/index.htm (1593 words)

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