Harley examines the extent to which continental modal theory may have influenced the work of English composer William Byrd.

In this, the first of a three-volume study of Byrd's complete output, under the general title The Music of William Byrd, the author essays a first full-scale hi

To Byrd and his sixteenth-century contemporaries, technique was the means of expressing the composer's thought, but it was also an artistic achievement in itsel

A smaller version of the harpsichord, the virginal enjoyed wide popularity during the 16th and 17th centuries. Based upon a 1591 manuscript, this collection fea