William Byrd: A Byrd Anthology: SATB: Vocal Score

Tudor Anthems-These editions taken from the acclaimed Tudor Anthems anthology represent some of the most popular musical works from the volume. They include sacred works of various lengths and standards of difficulty for mixed voice choir accompanied and unaccompanied by an array of composers including Batten Byrd Gibbons Philips Sheppard Tallis Taverner and Weelkes. The works are prepared in an easily understood performing edition by Lionel Pike.

Facsimile British Library MS Mus. 1591-One of the finest music manuscripts – for scholarly and practical useMy Ladye Nevells Booke is one of the finest musical manuscripts of the late 16th century. With its 42 compositions it comprises about a third of the keyboard music by William Byrd – including some of his most popular compositions such as the variations on “Sellinger’s Round” and “All in a Garden Green”.Byrd himself selected the pieces for this anthology and directed the work of copyist John Baldwin. The meticulous small corrections found on almost every page were most probably written by Byrd himself. The grandcoat-of-arms at the beginning refers to Sir Henry Neville of Billingbear (Berkshire) and as such identifies his wife Elizabeth as the dedicatee.The manuscript did not become public property until 2006 when it was purchased for the British Library. Now it is published in book form for the first time and gives the musician an impression of the richly decorated preserved original volume.In his commentary Byrd specialist Oliver Neighbour describes the genesis and history of the work. He also provides information on Byrd’s concept the chosen repertoire and gives technical details on the notation.

Playing and Learning Soprano Recorder – Volume 1 by Michel Sanvoisin is the first book of an anthology of classical pieces. Written for beginners this method in English German and French will enable them to acquire the seventeen notes most commonly played on the recorder. The additional notes are covered in a second book that also includes some revision work. It features pieces inspired by G. Gastoldi Le Clerc Pierre Attaingnant William Byrd John Dowland and G. P. Telemann among others. It is a great way to learn while playing nice pieces instead of just working on basic exercises. In addition to thismethod Michel Sanvoisin also wrote one for Alto Recorder.