Will Forster's Virginal Book : Lessons by Mr. Byrd & C / Ed. John Baxendale and Francis Knights.

Will Forster was a London civil servant and musician who died in 1645. He also copied a book of 72 keyboard pieces, of which over half are devoted to William Byrd, who died less than a year before the book was completed. Much of the Byrd content is unique to this volume, and Forster’s sources appear to have been copies that were close to the composer’s prototypes. This is the first edition of his manuscript. With an introduction.

1 score (xxi, 379 p.); 30x22 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
Edition Number: LBMP 040
ISMN: M706670713
ISMN13: 9790706670713
Distributor Number: LBMP040