William Byrd and his contemporaries
Subtitle: essays and a monograph
By: Philip Brett ; edited by Joseph Kerman and Davitt Moroney.
Contributors: Kerman, Joseph, 1924-; Moroney, Davitt.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780520247581
Subjects: Byrd, William, -- 1542 or 3-1623; Composers -- England; Music -- England -- 16th century -- History and criticism
Description: "Byrd was a prominent court composer but also a Catholic. Considering both sacred and secular music and both vocal and instrumental traditions, Brett's essays provide an intimate glimpse into what was unique about Byrd and his music. The selection offered here ranges from the report of Brett's findings on the Paston manuscripts to an unpublished roundtable paper that he delivered a few months before this untimely death, and features his monograph-length study of Byrd's magnum opus, Gradualia."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: "This book is given by Kenneth E. Spotts in honor of his son Aaron Robert Spotts Class of 2007"--Bookplate.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Publications by Philip Brett on Elizabethan and Jacobean music": p. 231-234.