The World of William Byrd : Musicians, merchants and magnates

In The World of William Byrd John Harley builds on his previous work, William Byrd: Gentleman of the Chapel Royal (Ashgate, 1997), in order to place the composer more clearly in his social context. He provides new information about Byrd's youthful musical training, and reveals how in his adult life his music emerged from a series of overlapping family, business and social networks. These networks and Byrd's navigation within and between them are examined, as are the lives of a number of the individuals comprising them.

CONTENIDO:

Preface

Part 1 Musicians 1:
The Byrd family and St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's: the petitions
City churches and St Mary-at-Hill
John Heywood
Byrd the apprentice musician

Part 2 Merchants:
The world of commerce
William Burd the Mercer
Thomas Smythe
Symond Byrd
John Byrd
Philip Smyth
Robert Broughe
Robert Dow the elder
Ferdinando Heybourne (alias Richardson) and Richard Candelar

Part 3 Musicians·2:
William Byrd, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal
The Byrd household and recusancy
Byrd the established musician
Landowner and publisher
Byrd's later years

Part 4 Magnates:
Social networks
Sir Ralph Bosville
James Good
John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley
Thomas Paget, 3rd Baron Paget
John Petre, 1st Baron Petre
William and Anthony Roper
Raphe Sheldon

Appendices

Bibliography
Index