Music in the Renaissance
by Gustave Reese
Period: Renaissance
Born: c. 1562 in Old Radnor, England
Died: Sunday, March 12, 1628 in Antwerp, Belgium
Nation of Origin: United Kingdom
Major Works:
Keyboard works:
The King's Hunt
Walsingham (theme and 30 variations)
Other Information:
Bull was a composer and a performer on the virginal. Some of his
works were published in Parthenia (Greek for "Maidenhood"), a
collection of keyboard works in 1611 that also included works of
Byrd and Gibbons.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Reese, Gustave, Music in the Renaissance, W.W. Norton &
Company; November 1959, ISBN: 0393095304
Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World , W. W.
Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN: 0393097188
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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