My Ladye Nevells Booke of Virginal Music (Dover Music for Piano) [Paperback]

William Byrd (Author), Hilda Andrews (Editor), Blanche Winogron (Introduction)

Book Description

Series: Dover Music for Piano

A smaller version of the harpsichord, the virginal enjoyed wide popularity during the 16th and 17th centuries. Based upon a 1591 manuscript of keyboard works, this collection features 42 pieces in modern notation — a vast amount of neglected concert material for modern pianists and harpsichordists — plus historic and analytic notes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (October 18, 1969)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486222462
• ISBN-13: 978-0486222462
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,266,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Byrd Keyboard Music, May 14, 2000

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Siebe Henstra (Amsterdam) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Ladye Nevells Booke of Virginal Music (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

William Byrd was the first composer to write music specially for the harpsichord or Virginal. His music is among the best for harpsichord and among my favorite music (I am a professional harpsichord player). This book gives you a splendid edition of his best music for a very low price. Highly recommended for all harpsichord players and others interested in Early Music or the harpsichord repertoire.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here's what's in it, February 4, 2005

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Stephen Malinowski (Richmond, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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1. MY LADYE NEVELS GROWNDE
2. QUI PASSE: for my ladye nevell
3. THE MARCHE BEFORE THE BATTELL
4. THE BATTELL
5. THE GALLIARDE FOR THE VICTORIE
6. THE BARELYE BREAKE
7. A GALLIARDS GYGGE
8. THE HUNTES UPP
9. UT RE MI FA SOL LA
10. THE FIRSTE PAVIAN
11. THE GALLIARDE TO THE FIRSTE PAVIAN
12. THE SECONDE PAVIAN
13. THE GALLIARDE TO THE SECONDE PAVIAN
14. THE THIRD PAVIAN
15. THE GALLIARDE TO THE THIRD PAVIAN
16. THE FOURTH PAVIAN
17. THE GALLLIARDE TO THE FOURTH PAVIAN
18. THE FIFTE PAVIAN
19. THE GALLIARDE TO THE FIFTE PAVIAN
20. PAVANA THE SIXTE: KINBRUGH GOODD
21. THE GALLIARDE TO THE SIXTE PAVIAN
22. THE SEVENTH PAVIAN
23. THE EIGHTE PAVIAN
24. THE PASSINGE MESURES: THE NYNTHE PAVIAN
25. THE GALLIARDE TO THE THE NYNTHE PAVIAN
26. A VOLUNTARIE : for my ladye nevell
27. WILL YOW WALKE THE WOODS SOE WYLDE
28. THE MAIDENS SONGE
29. A LESSON OF VOLUNTARIE
30. THE SECOND OF GROWNDE
31. HAVE WITH YOW TO WALSINGAME
32. ALL IN A GARDEN GRINE
33. LORD WILLOBIES WELCOME HOME
34. THE CARMANS WHISTLE
35. HUGHE ASHTONS GROWNDE
36. A FANCIE
37. SELLINGERS ROWNDE
38. MUNSERS ALMAINE
39. THE TENNTHE PAVIAN: MR. W. PETER
40. THE GALLIARDE TO THE TENNTHE PAVIAN
41. A FANCIE
42. A VOLUNTARIE

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another For Academics Only?, December 28, 2008

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Leonard J. Loomis (Thousand Oaks, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Ladye Nevells Booke of Virginal Music (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

I bought this and Vol I of "The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book" to help me understand Schott ("Playing The Harpsichord) better. This is a much thinner and thus less unwieldy tome than "The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book" but it is still a music desk destroyer in weight and will not lie flat unless the binding is broken. I'm grateful to Dover for the work but implore them to find a better and not necessarily more expensive form of presentation. As with the Fitzwilliam, this book has a lot of information and, glory be, it is set in a larger and easier to read type face. Most of us beginners are going to have to work hard to make music using this reference but the effort will have been worth it.