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I’ve just contributed a story about my friend #WilliamByrd to Byrd Central, a site celebrating his life and music during his 400th anniversary year. You can read the short post on my blog for some background (it has a link to the story), or go straight to the story from here.

(my post)
Byrdsong
edevere17.com/2023/02/02/byrds

(the story)
A Goodly Manor For A Song
byrdcentral.com/post/earl-of-o

#Music #EarlyModern #Byrd400 #Histodons
#Oxfordian #ShakespeareAuthorship #Shakespeare #VeroNihilVerius

6 January is the feast of the #Epiphany, so here is Vidimus Stellam, an early #17thCentury #motet for the day by William #Byrd, from #Gradualia, 1607.

Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: tenor viol

Vidimus stellam in Orientem, et venimus cum muneribus adorare Dominum.
We have seen a star in the East, and have come with gifts to adore the Lord.

Image: Leonardo da Vinci - Adoration of the Magi, c1481 (Uffizi Galleries)

youtube.com/watch?v=3hLS0w42S4

#earlymusic #earlymodern #earlymodernmusic #recusant #williambyrd #williambyrd400 #byrd400 #violadagamba #consortmusic #consortsong #consortofviols #epiphany #threekings #threekingsday #3kings #3kingsday #Tudor #tudors #tudormusic #motet #jacobean #jacobeanmusic #sacredmusic #sheetmusic #elizabethan #elizabethanmusic #seventeenthcentury #17thCenturymusic #chiaroscuro #musicprinting
#histodon @histodon @histodons #histodons @earlymusic #otd #OnThisDay