Listen to your favorite songs from fitzwilliam virginal book, vol. The irishe hohoane xxvi from the fitzwilliam virginal book. The ornamentation in the fitzwilliam virginal book, with an introductory study of contemporary practice by willem diederik viljoen promotor. Pieterjan belder is not only a consummate performer but also a serious scholar of keyboard music from the elizabethan and jacobean eras. The fitzwilliam virginal book is the largest surviving collection of elizabethan and jacobean keyboard music, comprising more than 300 works, written by various composers, including such celebrities as john bull, william byrd, orlando gibbons and j. Contents listing this is a detailed listing of the contents of the fitzwilliam virginal book. In this volume he turns his attention to the works of father and son giles and richard farnaby, william byrd, and selected anonymous works. Lodged in the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge it contains more than 300 works for the virginal, by composers such as john, bull.
The ornamentation in the fitzwilliam virginal book with an. Grove music doctor philosophiae this study sets out to examine the ornamentation in the manuscript gbcfm 32. The fitzwilliam virginal book is the most famous, extensive and important collection of keyboard music from the english elizabethan and jacobean era. William byrd to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it.
The fitzwilliam virginal book volume 5 2017, cd discogs. Some of the music from the fitzwilliam virginal book has recently been recorded by the dutch harpsichordist pieterjan belder and a second volume is in preparation. The fitzwilliam virginal book is a primary source of keyboard music from the late elizabethan and early jacobean periods in england, i. Pieterjan belder continues his superb survey of the fitzwilliam virginal book, an extraordinary manuscript compiled in the late 16th century and held in the fitzwilliam. The ars diminutionis manifests itself in the fvb as writtenout figuration, writtenout ornaments and ornaments indicated by sign, the latter consisting of the single and double stroke which are peculiar to virginal music. Recordings of pieces from the fitzwilliam virginal book, mp3 files free download. The fitzwilliam virginal book, volume 6 2cd naxosdirect. It takes its name from viscount fitzwilliam who bequeathed this manuscript collection to cambridge university in 1816. All albums from the brilliant classics label available for download and streaming in high quality. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. I, recorded by dutch harpsichordist pieterjan belder on brilliant classics total is 12 cds in 6 volumes, 20112018.
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The fitzwilliam museum has graciously contributed images from their collections to shakespeare documented under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialnoderivatives 4. Buy pieterjan belders album titled the fitzwilliam virginal book, vol. Fitzwilliam virginal book volume 1 brilliant classics. Bull, byrd, farnaby, gibbons, morley, philips, tomkins to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. It is now deposited in the fitzwilliam museum at cambridge. William byrd rowland fitzwilliam virginal book ii youtube.
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His larger sets of variations exploit a vein of virtuosity scarcely inferior to that of his eminent contemporary john bull. Belder specialises in performance on historical instruments, and he has carefully selected three period. Recorded to accompany the folio societys publication, music at court also written by christopher hogwood, this collection was imaginatively distributed to the societys members, together with suitable vintages to accompany the literary titles. The fitzwilliam virginal book 2 volumes by maitland j a. Brilliant classics is a classical music label based in the dutch town of leeuwarden.
The fitzwilliam virginal book is one of the most extraordinary manuscripts of elizabethan and jacobean music in existence, and is currently held at the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge. With an introduction and notes translated into german by john bernhoff. Fitzwilliam virginal book koopman capriccio records. Bull, byrd, farnaby, gibbons, morley, philips, tomkins pieterjan belder on allmusic 2012 dutch label brilliant. Belder is a baroque and classicalera multiinstrumentalist, conducting his ensemble musica amphion from the keyboard. Fitzwilliam virginal book edited from the original manuscript. Fitzwilliam virginal book simple english wikipedia, the. The fitzwilliam virginal book, volume 6 brilliant classics. The fitzwilliam virginal book is an important source of early keyboard music from england. Fitzwilliam virginal book 2 by william byrd new on cd fye. Buy pieterjan belders album titled fitzwilliam virginal book, vol. Lodged in the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge it contains more than 300 works for the virginal, by composers such as john, bull, william byrd, thomas tomkins and many others.
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 volume 2 william byrd by pieterjan belder download and listen to the album. Fitzwilliam virginal book, my ladye nevells booke, parthenia music. Continental treatises describe the individual ornaments and thus provide a terminology with which to describe these ornaments. The fitzwilliam virginal book, volume 7 brilliant classics. That is a good argument for a project like that of pieterjan belder and brilliant classics. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The fitzwilliam virginal book volume 5 pieterjan belder harpsichord rec. The fitzwilliam virginal book is a primary source of keyboard music from the late elizabethan. Cclvii ii page 398 claeissens, antoon 153816 mars vanquishing ignorance, 1605, groeninge museum, brugge ernst stolz virgi. Volume 1, recorded in 2010, in a series of recordings of the complete fitzwilliam virginal book, a fascinating project and the first of its kind. The fitzwilliam virginal book, including music from twelfth. The old spagnoletta fitzwilliam virginal book, for keyboard. This seems to me a good selection from the 297 pieces which make up the fitzwilliam virginal book.
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