1841-42 A Mass For Five Voices, and, Cantiones Sacrae

Description

Leather Binding

Two musical works by William Byrd bound in one volume.

'A Mass For Five Voices, Composed Between the Years 1553 & 1558, For the Old Cathedral of Saint Paul'. Undated, dated 1841 from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries.

This choral mass setting was written in about c1594, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, not in the 1550s as stated in the work's title, and consists of the Text of the Mass - Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.

Including a life of Byrd by Edward F. Rimbault. 

'Book 1, of Cantiones Sacrae, For Five Voices'. Undated, dated 1842 from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries. Edited by W. Horsley. 

This is the first part of a work compiled by Byrd and his contemporary Thomas Tallis.

These two works were printed for the members of the Musical Antiquarian Society, a society established in 1840.

William Byrd was an important composer of the Renaissance. His prolific output had a profound influence on composers across Europe.