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1605: Treason & dischord : William Byrd and the Gunpowder plot.

Title
1605: Treason & dischord : William Byrd and the Gunpowder plot.
Author
King's Singers (Vocal group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Publication
Perivale, Middx, U.K. : Signum Classics, [2005], ℗2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Mackay, Deborah.
  • Baldock, Sarah
  • Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
  • Dowland, John, 1563?-1626.
  • Dering, Richard, approximately 1580-1630.
  • Philips, Peter, 1561-1628.
  • Weelkes, Thomas, approximately 1575-1623.
  • Pott, Francis, 1957-
  • Concordia Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Alternative Title
  • Treason & dischord
  • Treason and dischord
  • William Byrd and the Gunpowder plot
Subject
  • Gunpowder Plot, 1605 > Songs and music
  • Masses
  • Monologues with music (Chorus with chamber orchestra)
Note
  • "The music, structured around Byrd's perfect 4-part Mass, contains motets by Catholic composers, balanced with protestant anthems celebrating the downfall of the plot, and a commission from the British composer, Francis Pott"--Program notes.
  • Musical works interspersed with the monologue text: The Powder treason : a script in the persona of William Byrd, by Deborah Mackay.
  • Compact disc.
  • Program and biographical notes in English and text in English and Latin (23 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at St. Andrews Church, Toddington, UK, Mar. 2005.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English or Latin, and spoken in English.
Contents
George Whitehead's Almand / John Dowland (1:30) -- Mass. Kyrie (1:57) ; A fancie (4:32) ; Mass. Gloria (5:56) / William Byrd -- Ardens est cor meum / Richard Dering (2:39) -- Civitas sancti tui / William Byrd (5:07) -- Ave Maria gratia plena / Peter Philips (2:11) -- Mass. Credo / William Byrd (7:59) -- Sir Henry Umpton's funeral / John Dowland (4:21) -- O Lord how joyful is the king / Thomas Weelkes (8:25) -- From Virgin's womb/Rejoice, rejoice / William Byrd (2:07) -- M. Bucton's Galliard / John Dowland (1:20) -- Mass. Sanctus/Benedictus / William Byrd (3:54) -- Master Tresham : his ducke / Francis Pott (13:54) -- Mass. Agnus Dei / William Byrd.
OCLC
  • ocm62198106
  • SCSB-13587858
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries