William Byrd Essay

There were many composers of the English Renaissance and one of them was William Byrd. Byrd lived from the year 1539 to July 4, 1623. He developed the English Madrigal and was a student of Composer Thomas Tallis. As their partnership grew in 1575, Queen Elizabeth the first granted them a joint monopoly for importing, printing, publishing, and sale of music. Byrd mainly wrote music for the virginal and organ. He also composed a great deal of church music to English words, most of which has survived only in manuscript. Another composer was Thomas Weelkes; He lived from October 25, 1576 to November 30, 1623. He wrote many madrigals, nearly 100 of them survive, and his finest work is in two books of madrigals, each containing five to six voice parts. 25 of his 41 composed anthems are complete or restorable; the “full”anthems with no solo verses show him deploying a large number of voice parts. In late 1601 he was appointed organist of chichester. Lastly from 1567 to 1620 there was a composer named Thomas Champion. He published his first …show more content…
One Was “On the plains Fairy Trees” which was published in 1598 by Thomas Weelkes. This work was an airy belletto in the madrigal style. Another work by Weelkes was “ Oh Car, Thou Wilt Despatch Me”. It was published in 1600 and was noted of its chromaticism, or use of notes out of the basic scale. “Oh Lord Arise” was also composed by Weelkes and was a massive anthem. Some other works from the Renaissance were written by William Byrd. One of these was “Turn Our Captivity, O Lord.” these piece was Secular and it featured six voice parts. “The Carman’S Whistle” was Byrd's most popular piece as “Tribute Domine” Was his longest and was one of the first works of the era to use the polyphonic style. A Few more works were “Holy Living” published in 1650 and “ Holy Dying” published in 1651. Both of These works were composed by Richard Vaughan. In 1657 Jeremy Taylor Published “Disclosure Of