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Twenty Minutes: William Byrd and Catholicism

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William Byrd and Catholicism

05/03/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, William Byrd and Catholicism

The Rev Richard Coles hosts a discussion on how William Byrd survived as a recusant.

The Rev Richard Coles hosts a discussion on how William Byrd survived as a recusant working for Elizabeth I, with Dr David Skinner, Tracy Borman and Professor Peter Marshall.

How did the recusant William Byrd manage to flourish as a Catholic composer during the reign of the Protestant Queen Elizabeth 1st? The Rev Richard Coles talks to musicologist Dr David Skinner and historians Tracy Borman and Professor Peter Marshall.
Producer Helen Garrison.

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