The BBC FOUR series, ‘Sacred Music’ screened over the Easter season in 2008 features the lives and works of Thomas Tallis, organist at Waltham Abbey, and William Byrd, the Elizabethan Composer who lived for the last thirty years of his life at Stondon Massey in Essex. The Open University, who co-produced the series, has created a website linked to the programmes. The site features background information, programme summaries and a selection of music along with expert commentary. There is also space for viewer’s feedback. Go to:
http://open2.net/sacredmusic
Tallis and Byrd are featured in programme three (of four) on Friday 4 April (8.00pm to 9.00pm).
Much is written on the internet about Byrd (apart from this blog). These are just a selection of links:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Byrd
http://home.sprintmail.com/~cwhent/WilliamByrd.html
http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/byrd.html
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