The Byrd Edition series
The Byrd Edition was begun by Edmund Fellowes in 1937 and later revised under the direction of Thurston Dart.
All of the volumes in the new Byrd Edition, which is under the General Editorship of Philip Brett, are now available.
The Byrd Edition Volume 1.
Edited by Craig Monson
Lavishly produced, the 1575 Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur by Byrd and Tallis celebrated not only the composers? acquisition of the royal patent for the printing and marketing of part-music and lined music paper, but also their mastery of the continental polyphonic style. Though the edition was only moderately successful, a number of Byrd?s 17 motets in 5 and 6 parts survived in manuscript sources until the Commonwealth period. Three motets were also adapted to English words.
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