William Byrd - The Carmans Whistle

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Uploaded by on Jan 3, 2008

Composed by William Byrd
Played by Christopher Hogwood on a flemish harpsichord (after Andreas Ruckers 1638, built by (not sure about this?) Derek Adlam and Richard Burnett 1973)

I'm sorry for the repetitive pictures all the time, can't really be bothered to create something special right now. Enjoy though...

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  • why is william Byrd not mentioned among great coposers nearly as much as say vivaldi or js bach and the other well knowns.Seemed to have written quite well and very composed?

  • That's true and I don't know why. I like Byrd just as much as I like Bach. And this is where we can give Byrd some extra attention.

  • Great posting. Thanks.

    Can you comment on the tuning?

  • Flemish harpsichord with a mean-tone tuning, a combination you can wake me up for any time.

  • I'm uploading the same piece played by Davitt Moroney soon!

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  • @marsvltor2

    The harpsichord is a copy of the 1638 Ruckers in Edinburgh , but with lined up keyboards ( ie not transposing ) and NOT a copy of the "Ham House Ruckers" . Made in the workshop of Adlam Burnett (Historical Keyboard Instruments Ltd ) , I happen to know , because I used to work there at the time .

  • very nicely played! I like his interpretation

  • Thanks for uploading. May I know how to get the music sheet? Thanks :)

  • The harpsichord is an English contemporary copy of a Ruckers. It was almost certainly built in the early seventeenth century, but definitely NOT a Ruckers. It is now at Ham House, near London...

  • Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.

  • As far as I know, there's been no complete recording of the Fitzwilliam virginal book. Such a collection would probably comprise 20 cd's or so. Plus, while there are many excellent pieces in it, there's also a fair amount of dross, and it's considered a fairly inaccurate collection, with many errors in the text. The Musica Britannica edition of the FWVB should be out in another couple years. It'll be interesting to see how much it differs from the classic Dover edition.

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