This man's five voice setting of Circumdederunt Me notably alternates betwe
This man's five voice setting of Circumdederunt Me notably alternates between homophony and polyphony to emphasize repeated invocations like "O Domine libera." His friend Alfonso Ferrabosco encouraged his use of "double imitation," which can be seen in his Domine, Praestolamur and the multi-part Infelix Ego, though he still composed his "Babylon" motets such as Ne Irascaris, Domine in a more homophonic style. His twenty variations on the song "The Leave Be Green" can be found in his Browning, and his collection Songs of Sundrie Natures came only two years after he published thirty-seven of his motets in the (*) Cantiones Sacrae, which differ from the later and more madrigalesque works of the Gradualia. He composed masses in three, four, and five parts in addition to contributing to the Fitzwilliam Virginal Booke alongside John Bull. For 10 points, name this English Renaissance composer, a former collaborator and student of Thomas Tallis.
This man's five voice setting of Circumdederunt Me notably alternates between homophony and polyphony to emphasize repeated invocations like "O Domine libera."
{William Byrd}