1 gen 1595 anni - Masses (Byrd)

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The Music of Defiance
1. As Byrd withdrew from established music, he began to compose works that demonstrate defiance. They are considered a form of protest and personal statement.
a. He published two books of Latin motets in 1589 and 1591.
b. They constitute the first Masses published in England (1593–95).
c. They are for three, four and five voices.
d. These works could only be performed in secret, as it was illegal to be Catholic.
e. Byrd published two volumes of settings of the Propers: Gradualia.
2. Byrd’s Masses are without precedent in England, as decades passed without performances of the Mass Ordinary in England.
a. He would not have known contemporary Mass settings from the continent.
b. He based his Mass compositions on the style he had perfected in his motets.
c. The Agnus Dei from the Masses for four and five voices illustrates Byrd’s approach.
d. These settings demonstrate Byrd’s very personal statement—ones made in a period in which it was dangerous to do so

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