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The Making of Music

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Making of Music

A series chronicling the influences that affected the course of classical music

A series chronicling the historical influences that affected the course of classical music

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The Making of Music: Series 1: Episode 9: Elizabeth I

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Episode 9: Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Making of Music, Series 1, Elizabeth I

In the Elizabethan age, composers Byrd and Tallis revealed the religious divide.

In the Elizabethan age, composers Byrd and Tallis revealed the religious divide. Classical music history with James Naughtie.

James Naughtie discovers how history has shaped the development of classical music. Two composers, William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, turned the end of the sixteenth century into a golden age for English music, despite being on the wrong side of the political and religious divide.

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BBC Birmingham.

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