Born in London, c.1540
Died in Stondon Massey, Essex, July 4, 1623
- Byrd was an Elizabethan composer and organist who navigated life as a church musician during the upset of the English Reformation.
- Byrd composed music for both Anglican and Catholic liturgies, as well secular songs and works for organ and other instruments.1
Sources
- Joseph Kerman and Kerry McCarthy, “Byrd, William,” Grove Music Online (2014), accessed August 14, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000004487.