Word: byrds
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...William Byrd...
Their release of the Consort Music of William Byrd is a most welcome complement to the Tallis Scholars' sublime recording of Byrd's Great Service on Gimell...
Though William Byrd predated Bach by well over a century, those who find Bach's music enchanting (I cannot help but reflexively consider the Goldberg Variations at this point) should find much in common with Byrd's own brand of contrapuntal music...
Most of the pieces Byrd wrote for the viol consort were based on a plainsong theme, supported by contrapuntal figurations by the accompanying instruments. Though the bare-bones outline of the form itself is admittedly simple, those who simply dismiss Byrd's mantric writing as constricting or stultifying miss the point...
Next the young fan played The Darkside, a track built around Donald Byrd's Steppin' into Tomorrow. It starts with a grim, pulsing bass, followed by hard lyrics about urban life: "Come take a trip through the eye of a black man/ Looking out at life like he really doesn't give a damn...