William Byrd / The Choristers Of Westminster Abbey • Sir William McKie / Lady Jeans - Mass For Four Voices / Mass For Five Voices flac album

William Byrd, English madrigalist and composer, was born in 1543 in Lincolnshire in England, and died in 1623 in Essex of unknown causes. This 'Father of Musicke' is considered the greatest of the Virginal composers, and has arguably had more influence on the development of English music than any other composer. William Byrd, The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge, David Willcocks - Mass For 5 Voices, Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis From The Great Service, Ave Verum Corpus (Album). William Byrd - The Choristers Of Westminster Abbey , Sir William McKie, Lady Jeans - Mass For Four Voices, Virginal Music. Archiv Produktion, Archiv Produktion.

Susi Jeans (1911–1993) was an Austrian-born professional organist, teacher and musicologist. After 1935 she was also known as Lady Jeans, by virtue of her husband's knighthood. William Byrd - The Choristers Of Westminster Abbey , Sir William McKie, Lady Jeans.

The Mass for Four Voices is a choral Mass setting by the English composer William Byrd (. 540–1623). It was written around 1592-3 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and is one of three settings of the Mass Ordinary which he published in London in the early 1590s. It consists of the text of the Mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei) set for a four-part choir. The works is a noted example of English Renaissance music from the Tudor period.

Tallis: Mass for Four Voices; Motets /Oxford Camerata · Summerly by Thomas Tallis Audio CD £. 7. Only 4 left in stock (more on the way). Composed for six voices and included in his second Cantiones Sacrae it is for some reason rarely performed or recorded and I can guarantee that the music and this performance will captivate any listener whether they be specialists in the period or not. The recording is not authentic in that the mass sections follow one another without any liturgical chants, organ music or bells. A terrific recording of William Byrd's work. The smooth sound of boy choristers in the manner for which Byrd wrote is a marvellous thing to behold. Inspiring music beautifully sung.

The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, James O'Donnell, The Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, Doctor Andrew Grant, London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, Fanfare Team from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force The Procession Of The Bride (The Introit) - I Was Glad. The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, James O'Donnell, The Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, Doctor Andrew Grant, London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green Jerusalem.

His two brothers were choristers at St. Paul's Cathedral, and Byrd may have been a chorister there as well under Simon Westcote, although it is possible that he was a chorister with the Chapel Royal. A reference in the prefatory material to the Cantiones sacrae published by Byrd and Thomas Tallis in 1575 tends to confirm that Byrd was a pupil of Tallis in the Chapel Royal. According to Anthony Wood, Byrd was "bred up to musick under Tho. Tallis. Mass for Four Voices, or the Four-Part Mass, which according to Joseph Kerman was probably the first to be composed, is partly modelled on John Taverner's Mean Mass, a highly regarded early Tudor setting which Byrd would probably have sung as a choirboy.

This album has an average beat per minute of 106 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 73/130 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Early Music: Mass for Four Voices, Infelix Ego, Mass for Five Voices. 1. Mass for Four Voices: Kyrie. 73 BPM. 4. Mass for Four Voices: Sanctus.

William Byrd was born in London, the son of another Thomas Byrd about whom nothing further is known, and his wife, Margery. The specific year of Byrd's birth is uncertain. He spent six years as a lay vicar at Westminster Abbey and then time as a member of the Clerks of Oxenford and three years in the BBC Singers. Career with The Sixteen and the Handel and Haydn Society. Christophers founded the vocal ensemble The Sixteen in 1979. Mass for Four Voices, Infelix Ego, Mass for Five Voices (Oxford Camerata) released: John Come Kiss Me Now released: The Phoenix Rising.