Byrd Studies in the Twenty-First Century / edited by Samantha Bassler, Katie Bank, and Katherine Butler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bassler, Samantha, editor.

Bank, Katie, editor.

Butler, Katherine (Music tutor), editor.

Series:

CLENE concept paper.

Clemson University Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623--Criticism and interpretation.

Byrd, William.

Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623--Appreciation.

Music--16th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Clemson, South Carolina : Clemson University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"2023 marks 400 years since the death of English renaissance composer, William Byrd. Byrd's rich musical oeuvre and storied career has long captured the attention of audiences and scholars alike. This all-new collected edition marks his anniversary with thirteen brand-new essays from leading scholars on Byrd's musical life and legacy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Byrd studies, past and present / Samantha Bassler, Katie Bank, and Katherine Butler

Part I. Byrd in his world. Byrd in the age of exploration and exile / Kerry McCarthy ; William Byrd as literary innovator / Juliana Chapman and Sharon J. Harris

Part II. New perspectives : politics, piety, and print. William Byrd and the Elizabethan Tabernacle / Alexandra Siso ; The hidden politics of the emblem : William Byrd, Elizabeth I, and Cupid 65 / Jason Rosenholtz-Witt ; "That worishh, that devillishe, and Faithlesse song" : Byrd's Salve regina in context / Owen Rees

Part III. Analyzing and reconstructing Byrd. William Byrd's pitch structure : toward a reconciliation of mode and key perspectives / Megan Kaes Long ; Byrd's apprentice works : Sacris solemniis reconstructed and rehabilitated / Magnus Williamson

Part IV. Performing Byrd. One hundred years of Byrd's consort music : a performer's perspective / John Bryan ; Between text and act : fresh perspectives on the significance of single- and double-stroke ornaments in William Byrd's keyboard music / David J. Smith

Part V. Byrd's reception. Reviving Byrd : the 1923 tercentenary / K. Dawn Grapes ; Byrd orchestrated : symphonic adaptations and an evolving reception history / Joseph Sargent ; Joseph Kerman, the "Catholic" interpretation of Byrd, and the New Musicology / Mark Rodgers

Afterword. Byrd studies from the twentieth to the twenty-first century / Richard Turbet.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83553-370-1

1-63804-086-9