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Composer of the Week

William Byrd (1543-1623)

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod rejoins the Elizabethan composer as he takes up an appointment at the Chapel Royal. It soon sees him taking the biggest financial risk of his career as he sets up the country's first ever major music publishing concern, a venture which quickly runs into difficulties. Show less

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