Tallis entered the Chapel Royal in the middle of a long life, and remained there for over 40 years. During a colourful period of English history he famously served King Henry VIII and the... Læs mere
With a career that embraced the turbulent reigns of Henry VIII and all three of his children who succeeded him, Thomas Tallis’s importance to the history of Tudor music is second only to... Læs mere
Includes information about William Byrd's youthful musical training, and reveals how in his adult life his music emerged from a series of overlapping family, business and social networks. This book examines these networks and Byrd's navigation within and between them.
First published in 1999, this volume is the first full-length study to deal with the life and music of Orlando Gibbons since E.H. Fellowes’s short book, originally published in 1923.
This is the first comprehensive study of William Byrd’s life (1540-1623) and works to appear for sixty years, and fully takes into consideration recent... Læs mere