William Byrd at Duke

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After waiting almost four centuries for his own conference, England's premier Renaissance composer has been treated to two in as many years. Following the meeting at Leeds University in September 2004 on Byrd's English-texted output (see EM, xxxii (2004), pp.640–41), the International William Byrd Conference at Duke University, 17–19 November 2005, marked the first full-scale academic event devoted to exploring the composer and his music. The plaudits for this achievement go to Kerry McCarthy at Duke University's music department, not merely for hosting a successful conference, but for the impressive feat of assembling the majority of scholars responsible for five decades of Byrd research together in one place. The three days comprised 23 papers arranged into six loosely themed sessions, the surface of which will be skimmed here.

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