William Byrd (/bɜːrd/; c. 1540 – 4 July 1623) was an English Renaissance composer. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a... 62 KB (8,820 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024 |
William Byrd II (March 28, 1674 – August 26, 1744) was a Virginian planter, lawyer, surveyor and writer. Born in the English colony of Virginia, Byrd... 23 KB (2,915 words) - 01:50, 26 March 2024 |
Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, William Byrd II of Westover Plantation, who established Richmond, as well as William Byrd I and Robert "King" Carter, a... 77 KB (8,417 words) - 00:04, 29 April 2024 |
William Byrd I (1652 – December 4, 1704) was an English-born Virginia colonist and politician. He came from the Shadwell section of London, where his father... 6 KB (659 words) - 00:11, 8 April 2024 |
William Byrd (circa 1540–1623) was an English composer. William Byrd may also refer to: William Byrd I (1652–1704), Virginia colonist William Byrd II (1674–1744)... 955 bytes (155 words) - 19:19, 6 January 2024 |
James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an African American man who was murdered by three white men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists... 41 KB (4,399 words) - 05:30, 9 March 2024 |
Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia... 41 KB (4,435 words) - 20:34, 25 April 2024 |
William Byrd High School is a public secondary school located in Vinton, Virginia and is part of the Roanoke County Public Schools system. The school has... 3 KB (160 words) - 11:26, 27 April 2024 |
John William Byrd Jr. (December 18, 1963 – February 19, 2002) was an American murderer who was executed by lethal injection for killing convenience store... 20 KB (2,971 words) - 13:52, 3 December 2023 |
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (section William Byrd) William Byrd; "Worster Braules" by Thomas Tomkins; and the famous "Lachrymae Pavan" by John Dowland, as arranged by Giles Farnaby and by William Byrd... 18 KB (2,377 words) - 22:33, 8 August 2023 |
by Liszt, Mozart and Wagner. In Byrd & Bull: The Visionaries of Piano Music, a double CD set of works by William Byrd and John Bull produced by Deutsche... 31 KB (2,834 words) - 02:17, 30 April 2024 |
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United... 234 KB (23,042 words) - 00:12, 20 April 2024 |
Byrd commonly refers to: William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623), an English composer of the Renaissance Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), an American naval officer and... 2 KB (325 words) - 19:10, 16 April 2024 |
The Byrds (/bɜːrdz/) were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its... 173 KB (20,780 words) - 20:40, 28 April 2024 |
This is a list of the musical compositions by William Byrd, one of the most celebrated English composers of the Renaissance. Mass for Three Voices (c.... 17 KB (2,427 words) - 02:59, 14 April 2024 |
Presbyterians are the most prevalent among them. The Byrd Family of Virginia, FFV, is descended from William Byrd I who received a 1,200-acre (4.9 km2) grant on... 46 KB (5,765 words) - 18:56, 2 May 2024 |
The Byrd Theatre is a cinema in the Carytown neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It was named after William Byrd II, the founder of the city. The theater... 13 KB (1,353 words) - 04:38, 16 April 2024 |
SS William Byrd was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after William Byrd, an American planter and author from... 5 KB (283 words) - 18:12, 29 June 2023 |
Laudibus in sanctis is a three-section Latin motet by William Byrd that paraphrases, rather than sets, Psalm 150. Published for five-part choir in his... 4 KB (315 words) - 15:15, 5 January 2024 |
William Byrd Hotel is a historic hotel building located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1925, and is an 11-story, Classical Revival style building... 3 KB (202 words) - 19:08, 12 March 2024 |
William Byrd was an African-American man who was lynched in Brentwood, Wayne County, Georgia by a mob on May 28, 1922. According to the United States Senate... 5 KB (458 words) - 04:32, 16 April 2024 |
Byrd High School, Clarksburg, West Virginia William Byrd High School, Roanoke County, Virginia William Byrd High School Historic District L. C. Bird High... 374 bytes (86 words) - 18:50, 6 March 2018 |
the late Renaissance period is "The Bells", a piece for virginals by William Byrd. Here the ostinato (or 'ground') consists of just two notes: In Italy... 37 KB (4,645 words) - 21:47, 26 March 2024 |
William McKendree Byrd (December 1, 1819 – September 24, 1874) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1866 to 1867. He attended Mississippi... 2 KB (152 words) - 19:35, 6 January 2024 |
was more consistently easy and certain". Tallis taught the composer William Byrd, as later associated with Lincoln Cathedral; as also Elway Bevin, an... 27 KB (3,228 words) - 16:54, 24 April 2024 |