Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
William Byrd
Born: 1543
Died: July 4, 1623 (aged 80)
Bio: William Byrd was an English composer of the Renaissance. He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard, and consort music.
Known for:
- My Ladye Nevells Booke (1591)
- My Ladye Nevells Booke of Virginal Music
- Earl of Oxford's March: Score & Parts
- Popular Pieces for Piano Solo
- Mass 3 Voices