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William Byrd biography
William Byrd (1540 or late 1539 –1623) was one of the most celebrated English composers in the Renaissance. He lived until well into the seventeenth century without writing music in the new Baroque fashion, but his superbly constructed keyboard works marked the beginning of the Baroque organ and harpsichord style. Byrd's life is interesting because of his Roman Catholic sympathies combined with his work in the court of the Anglican Queen Elizabeth I. He composed much music, if intermittently, for the Roman Catholic liturgy, particularly in his later years; the two volumes of Gradualia are a prime example. Possibly as a result of this he did not receive widespread recognition in his lifetime, but was very well respected among the Roman Catholic gentry. In the anti-Catholic frenzy following the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, the first volume of the Gradualia (1605), was banned in England under penalty of imprisonment, as indeed was all of his Catholic music; however, his Anglican music - such as the Short Service, and the Responses - has been sung in English cathedrals uninterrupted for the past four centuries.
- Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
- Queen - I Want It All
- Sia - Cheap Thrills
- Joe Cocker - Leave Your Hat On
- Panjabi Mc - Mundian To Bach Ke
- Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
- Adele - Rolling In The Deep
- Lukas Graham - 7 Years
- Alan Silvestri - The Avengers Theme
- Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari - Diamante
- Timoria - Symbolum '77
- Bruno Mars - Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song
- Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
- Panjabi Mc - Mundian To Bach Ke
- Rihanna - Kiss It Better
- Nipsey Hussle - I Need That Feat. Dom Kennedy
- Justin Bieber - Baby
- Lukas Graham - 7 Years
- Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
- Pooh - Noi Due Nel Mondo E Nell'anima
- Timoria - Symbolum '77
- Bruno Mars - Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song
- Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
- Panjabi Mc - Mundian To Bach Ke
- Rihanna - Kiss It Better
- Nipsey Hussle - I Need That Feat. Dom Kennedy
- Justin Bieber - Baby
- Lukas Graham - 7 Years
- Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
- Pooh - Noi Due Nel Mondo E Nell'anima