Description
Byrd, William: Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets (1611)
Ref
B376
Categories
Collected Editions
,
The Byrd Edition
,
Volume 14: Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets (1611)
By
William Byrd
The Byrd Edition Volume 14
Edited by John Morehen
First published: 1987
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Dimensions (mm): 254 x 177 x 14
Individual titles from this volume are available as Adobe PDF files…
Byrd himself described his last publication,
Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets
of 1611 as his
ultimum vale
. Nonetheless, some of the music was written earlier, and compiled or adapted to complete this collection of 32 pieces in three, four, five and six parts. Five of the 3-part pieces are settings of texts from the first English emblem book, Geoffrey Whitney’s
A Choice of Emblems
of 1586. Facsimiles of the relevant pages from Whitney are included.
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