Galliards, Pavans and Other Keyboard Works: Selections from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book by William Byrd Piano Solo - Sheet Music
By William Byrd
5001553
Galliards, Pavans and Other Keyboard Works: Selections from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
5001553
5001553
5001553
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Piano - Advanced
SKU: AP.6-431207
Composed by John Bull and William Byrd. Masterworks; Piano Collection. Dover Edition. Masterwork; Renaissance. Book. Dover Publications #06-431207. Published by Dover Publications (AP.6-431207).ISBN 9780486431208. English.
The virginal was a kind of harpsichord enormously popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and virginal books were all the rage, representing every important composer writing for that instrument---including such giants as William Byrd, Thomas Morley, John Bull, and Orlando Gibbons. The classic Fitzwilliam Virginal Book---a best-seller in its two-volume Dover edition, now in its 16th printing!---is considered the most remarkable collection of English keyboard music of the time. Now, all devotees of early keyboard music will welcome this attractive, slimmer compilation of the best-known pieces from the original Fitzwilliam set. These include such courtly dances as the galliard and pavan, ingenious preludes, fanciful fantasias, and more.
