Cantiones Sacrae I (1589)
by William Byrd
Choir - Sheet Music

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SKU: ST.B364

Composed by William Byrd. Edited by Alan Brown. Library Volumes. The Byrd Edition Volume 2. Edited by Alan Brown. First published: 1988. Pages: 288. Format: Paperback. Dimensions (mm): 254 x 177 x 18. Choral collection. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #B364. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.B364).

ISBN 9780852493649.

Byrd's 1589 Cantiones Sacrae consists of 16 5-voice 'sacred songs', as the composer called them. They were probably composed over a number of years before the collection was assembled. Though serious in mood, they were intended as vocal chamber music for domestic performance. H.K. Andrews described them as 'musically one of the great achievements of the century'.