William Byrd

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1540 - July 4, 1623, he died aged 83.
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An Artist with 46 releases, and credited 31 times on others' music. 98 collaborations.

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William Byrd (1540 or late 1539 – 4 July 1623) 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 (the so-called virginalist school) and consort music.

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Classical, Opera, Chamber Music, Christian, New Age, Spirituality. Vote on Genres

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77 releases – 46 under his own name and 31 credits on others' music Edit
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