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Keyed Instpunents
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WTLLIAM BYRD.
Edited by
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PREFACE.

The preseit sel.rtioe f:,:,m F{-rllLiem Brrd's cimpositions for keyed instruments
has bee:l r.d: b.; i, Iori:-s radous original sources, the chief of which are the
Fitnrrll:.:: ;--l:.-:::1. Bi-i'ir. ard the \-irginal Book (dated 1634) whichbelonged to
\\:-'l'1;r F':=-1-: l!- l;::ier is preserred in the Royal Music Library, nowlent to
::- F:-:::- }I:=,t:-: p*:lission to use it has beengraciously given by His Ma-
tes;'r::e !l::g
l:* *:::.::; i;"r* ar,f; felt obliged to adhefe to any particular MS. consulted.
:n: Lar* :ik=- ln:n rrte rarious sources the readings that seemed to them most
:h,"r-rtn"'::-.t:c" 1: is satisfactory to find that the greater part of the accidentals
m:rqt rh*r suppiied conjecturally in editing the FitzwilliamVirginal Book appear
aanr .r,-ritten out in some other MS.
The original signs for the ofnaments have been retained. In the absence of
acr exactlv contemporary evidence as to their interpretation great latitude may
be allowed to the performer; and it is only on the harpsichord that all of them
should be executed. On the ofgan, in the case of such pieces as seem to impls
performance on that instrument, the graces are apt to disturb the melodic out-
1ine, and on the pianoforte, while most of them afe urnecessary (seeing ihat the
piano can accentuate without any mechanical device),avery sparinguse of tb.em
is recommended.
The chief graces are indicated by single or double transverse strokes acro:s
the stem of the note, or above or below a semibreve. Christopher SimPson.wti'
u'as born about 1605, in1659 explains the single stroke as indicatieg a"h'-at'"
or "forefall"; ie . an appoggiatura from below. and it is safe to conclude th.-:"t tie
sign bore the same meaning in his earlier yeafs. This interpretatioa fit: ail ::e
numerous cases in which it has been found.
The double stroke, as Dannreuther says (Ornamentation. p.18i-ccccrs 6::br'-*
ing significance up to the time of J.S.Bach:" but all the autL.orit;rs te q-:i::
agree that it means a shake of some kind, and he eonsiders tt:t it "s, =.l:::Ef
stands for a short shake or 'Pralltriller':' There seerrls Eo rr"t *1 cts:::l::::-
ing, in Byrd's pieces, between the "trill" and the "nordent". i-e. rrth t:t ilr:--
iary note above or below the main one; but in nearlr er-er-r ir':tar.(t.l-: lj,!l-
acter of the phrase will suggest the proper executioo of ttLe rya:-El[
The editors recommend, therefore, that the graces shauli b: rr.terp':::t'n a:
follows:
--- should be plaved
,--fu thus ---
jt .:: # ;--
- +.and,T
-(The rare cases n'here a triple stroke appears througt the ste=- rol"c seqe.
to imply a longer shake.)

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 CONTENTS.

r. Pavan and Galliard. The uinut of salisbury.

il. Fantasia. .r

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IV. Miserere iL 4.
v. Rowland. (Lordwilloughby's welcome Home)
*VI. Sir John Gray's Galliard. *
VII. Galliard.
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IX. The First French Coranto.

X. The Second. French'Coranto.
XI. The Third French Coranto.
XIF. Wolsey's Wild.
XIII. Pavan Fantasia.
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XIV. Air.
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