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The younger generation of Bull and Gibbons brought more rapid runs and passagework into the Pavan; Byrd still contributed likewise. His utter facility in the genre is best seen in the variety of his late works, from the late canonic "Echo" Pavan and Galliard, to the elegant -- even old-fashioned -- simplicity of his Pavan and 2 Galliard set for the Earl of Salisbury.
Though Byrd often dedicated instrumental music to courtly friends and patrons, the Earl of Salisbury Pavan and Galliards is one of the few sets of his for which an actual date can be suggested. Robert Cecil was made Earl in , and died on May 24, , just months before the compilation of Parthenia.
This historical coincidence, and the noted conservative character of the Pavan and Galliards, suggest a memorial composition for Cecil. Indeed, the Pavan for the Earl of Salisbury contains many musical singularities: Yet in its simplicity, the Pavan shows elegant proportions, with a solemn progression in a minor only briefly lightened by inner-voice imitation, sequences, and a flash of the relative major at the start of the second strain.
The first Galliard, as is typical, mirrors the Pavan's proportions and takes on a similar motivic cast; it does venture further afield harmonically. The second Galliard begins even closer in melodic resemblance to the Pavan, but strict imitation in the lower voice quickly sends the music off toward different regions; the second Galliard is peppered with cross relations, syncopation, and more virtuosic finger-work, as well as a third strain.
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Sexy Trippy All Moods. Salisbury was, however, excluded from public life under The Protectorate: Salisbury subsequently retired to his home at Hatfield House. His mental faculties apparently failed in his last years: Samuel Pepys , observing him at church in October , called him "my simple Lord Salisbury".
Pavan and Two Galliards, The Earl of Salisbury (Byrd, William) Pavan, The Earl of Salisbury; Galliard; Second Galliard. First Publication, in Parthenia. Sir Robert Cecil was born in about and died on 24 May He was knighted in by Queen Elizabeth and created Earl of Salisbury in by.
Salisbury died at Hatfield House on 3 December He was succeeded as Earl by his grandson James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury , as his son Charles — had predeceased him. They had twelve children, including:.
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Retrieved from " https: Views Read Edit View history. This page was last edited on 13 April , at By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The 2nd Earl of Salisbury by George Geldorp.
Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire jointly with Viscount Cranborne — — In , aged 17, Cranborne's father sent him to France , but quickly recalled him to England to marry Catherine, the daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk in December We notice you are using a browser version that we do not support. Queen Elizabeth I granted Byrd and Tallis an exclusive licence for the publishing of music, which gave them considerable power over English musical life. If you use a digital signature, your signature must exactly match the First and Last names that you specified earlier in this form.
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