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* for the Virginia planter see [[William Byrd II]]
* for the Virginia planter see [[William Byrd II]]
Whilst brought up in a [[Protestant]] household, he increasingly leaned towards [[Catholicism]], and much of his finest music is set to [[Latin]] texts – his music for the mass is the equal of any on the Continent. Whilst much of his catholic music is of a melancholy nature – he equated the state of catholic England with the fall of [[Jerusalem]] – he also wrote joyful consort and keyboard pieces that can be called exuberant.
Whilst brought up in a [[Protestant]] household, he increasingly leaned towards [[Catholicism]], and much of his finest music is set to [[Latin]] texts – his music for the mass is the equal of any on the Continent. Whilst much of his catholic music is of a melancholy nature – he equated the state of catholic England with the fall of [[Jerusalem]] – he also wrote joyful consort and keyboard pieces that can be called exuberant.
References:
“Oxford Companion to Music”
“The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music”
[[Category: Composers]].
[[Category: Composers]].
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