Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ABBREVIATIONS xiii
5. 1. William Byrd: Traditionalist and Innovator 1
6. 2. Homage to Taverner in Byrd’s Masses 8
7. 3. Facing the Music 22
8. 4. Edward Paston: A Norfolk Gentleman and His Musical Collection 31
9. 5. Musicae Modernae Laus: Geoffrey Whitney’s Tributes to the Lute and Its Players 60
10. 6. The Two Musical Personalities of Thomas Weelkes 66
11. 7. English Music for the Scottish Progress of 1617 78
12. 8. Word Setting in the Songs of Byrd 100
13. 9. William Byrd: New Reflections 121
14. 10. Prefaces to Gradualia 128
15. Appendix. PUBLICATIONS BY PHILIP BRETT ON ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN MUSIC 231
16. INDEX 235