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Table of Contents:

• "How daintily this BYRD his notes doth vary, As if he were the Nightingalls owne brother!", Mr. Hugh Holland, from Parthenia, 1613
• "...naturally disposed to gravity and piety..." Henry Peachan, writing about William Byrd
• Dances and facies
• Secret songs.

Author/Creator:

Dean, Brett , composer

Contributors:

Pang, Amanda , dedicatee

Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623

Australian National Academy of Music , commissioning body

Languages:

Latin
English

Language Notes:

Latin words.
Staff notation.

Main Work:

Byrdsong studies: reflections on William Byrd: for solo harpsichord and pre-recorded voices [by Dean, B.]

Included Works:

Based on: Earle of Salisbury [by Byrd, W.]

Based on: Masses, singers (3) [by Byrd, W.] > Kyrie

Byrdsong studies [by Dean, B.]

Subjects:

Harpsichord and electronic music — Scores

Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623 — Songs and music

Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623

Harpsichord and electronic music

Genres:

Chamber music

Scores

Songs and music

Performance Medium:

Harpsichord; pre-recorded audio

General Notes:

For solo harpsichord with pre-recorded voices (ATB) in last movement.
Includes program notes and composer's note in English.
Written for Amanda Pang.
Premiered at the Royal Academy of Music in London, November 16, 2021.
Set in between ghostly, distant-sounding fragments of Byrd's Earl of Salisbury pavane, impulsive birdsong-like motives pay tribute to the energy and invention that, even during his lifetime, earned William Byrd ironic comparisons to his feathered namesakes. Further contrasting music of both repose and vigour throughout the first three movements explore sonic possibilities of the harpsichord whilst also leading ultimately to an unexpected confrontation with his "secret" music: a recording of the opening Kyrie from one of his Masses bursts in unexpectedly, drawing varied responses from the soloist.--Composer's note.
Contact the publisher regarding access to the pre-recorded voices (ATB), which features Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano), James Robinson (tenor), and Augustus Perkins-Ray (baritone), performing the Kyrie from William Byrd's Mass for three voices (1593).
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music.
Duration: approximately 8 minutes.
At end of score: "Donnington Grove, 31.08.21."

Physical Description:

1 score (17 pages) ; 31 cm

Call Numbers:

M285.E4 D43 2024

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2024396208

OCLC Numbers:

1435583667