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William Byrd
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(1543–1623) The leading English composer of the generation after *Tallis, who was his teacher and his colleague in the Tudor musical establishment. Although a devout Roman Catholic, Byrd retained the favour of the court throughout his life and wrote for the Anglican church. He also wrote much secular music – songs and madrigals as well as pieces for strings (the viol consort) and for keyboard (the virginals). But the peak of his achievement was his settings of the Latin liturgy, published as Cantiones Sacrae (1575–91) and Gradualia (1605–7).
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