In his Latin motets, the Elizabethan-era composer William Byrd wrote music palatable to Protestant authorities, but laden with special meaning to a Catholic minority.

By 1575 Elizabeth I had granted him and his older colleague, Thomas Tallis, a joint 21-year monopoly in music publishing. Byrd produced more than 500 pieces, ranging from ravishing church music ...

Playlist. 9/30. Elizabeth I Two composers, William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, turned the end of the 16th century into a golden age for English music, despite being on the wrong side of the political ...

The composer’s music, totalling 470 compositions, was first championed by King Charles III at his Coronation -- just like Elizabeth I’s patronage of Byrd in the 16th century.

Grant Herried, director of the Collegium Musicum and professor of the class, selected composers that were “riding the crest of artistic expression that Elizabeth I fostered in her court,” he said.

A favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, Byrd survived when others did not. Later, ... This hour, we’ll celebrate the life and music of William Byrd 400 years after his death.

William Byrd Festival draws international scholars and musicians to Portland. Updated: Aug. 09, 2012, 1:49 p.m. | ... offering customers selections from classical and pop music, ...

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This week's chronologically varied selection includes instrumental music written by one of the giants of Elizabethan music and a baffling, beguiling work composed by a 20th-century maverick, inspired ...

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Phantasm is an instrumental ensemble that plays Renaissance viols, the forerunners of today's modern strings such as violins, violas and cellos. The group has a new CD of music by the English ...

Phantasm is an instrumental ensemble that plays Renaissance viols, the forerunners of today's modern strings such as violins, violas and cellos. The group has a new CD of music by the English ...