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The page of Byrd, William, English biography

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Byrd, William
(1540–1623)
 

Biography

William Byrd (1540 or late 1539 – 4 July 1623, by the Julian calendar, 14 July 1623, by the Gregorian calendar) was an English composer of the Renaissance. He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard (the so-called Virginalist school) and consort music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Byrd

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