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Byrd, William: 2 Serious Songs

for 5 voices or instruments.

These two songs come from William Byrd´s Psalms, Sonets and Songs, published in London in 1588. Although both quite short, they are typically intense and economical in their construction. Byrd´s collection appeared a few years before the rush of madrigals that erupted in England around ten years later, and the pieces are relatively free from Italian influence. The first piece is one of two elegies composed on the death of Philip Sydney, the second of which will shortly be published in our series Per cantare e sonare.
The original note values have been retained. A few editorial accidentals are shown in the usual way, printed small above the stave, and applying to the one note only.