Recordings of pieces from the fitzwilliam virginal book, mp3 files free download. Fitzwilliam virginal book, also called erroneously queen elizabeths virginal book, an early 17thcentury english manuscript collection of 297 pieces for keyboard by many of the major composers of the period, including william byrd, who is represented by 67 pieces. The fitzwilliam virginal book is the most remarkable, and in many respects the most valuable collection of elizabethan keyboard music, according to groves dictionary of music and musicians. A dance in two parts, with a pavanelike procession in duple meter and a jumping galliard in triple time. It takes its name from viscount fitzwilliam who bequeathed this manuscript collection to cambridge university in 1816. Of unknown origins, the previously scarce collectors item is now available at popular prices for the first time.
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