Bibliography
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Books
- Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur, by Byrd and Thomas Tallis (London: Thomas Vautrollier, 1575).
- Psalmes, Sonets and Songs of Sadnes and Pietie (London: Thomas East, 1588).
- Liber primus sacrarum cantionum (London: Thomas East, 1589).
- Songs of Sundrie Natures (London: Thomas East, 1589).
- Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum (London: Thomas East, 1591).
- Mass for Four Voices [published without title page] (N.p., circa 1592-1593).
- Mass for Three Voices [published without title page] (N.p., circa 1593-1594).
- Mass for Five Voices [published without title page] (N.p., circa 1595).
- Gradualia ac cantiones sacrae (London: Thomas East, 1605).
- Gradualia seu cantionum sacrarum, liber secundus (London: Thomas East, 1607).
- Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets ... Fit for Voyces or Viols (London: Thomas Snodham, 1611).
Editions
- Church Music, Part I, edited by P. C. Buck and others, Tudor Church Music 2 (London: Oxford University Press, 1927).
- Gradualia, Books 1 and 2, edited by Buck and others, Tudor Church Music 7 (London: Oxford University Press, 1927).
- Masses, Cantiones and Motets, edited by Buck and others, Tudor Church Music 9 (London: Oxford University Press, 1928).
- The Collected Works of William Byrd, edited by E. H. Fellowes, revised by Thurston Dart and others (London: Stainer & Bell, 1937-1950).
- Songs of Sundry Natures, edited by Fellowes, revised by Philip Brett, The English Madrigalists 15 (London: Stainer & Bell, 1962).
- Psalms, Sonnets and Songs of Sadness and Piety, edited by Fellowes, revised by Brett, The English Madrigalists 14 (London: Stainer & Bell, 1963).
- Psalms, Songs and Sonnets, edited by Fellowes, revised by Dart, The English Madrigalists 16 (London: Stainer & Bell, 1964).
- Keyboard Music I, edited by Alan M. Brown, Musica Britannica 27 (London: Stainer & Bell, 1969; revised, 1976).
- The Byrd Edition, edited by Brett and others (London: Stainer & Bell, 1970--).
- Keyboard Music II, edited by Brown, Musica Britannica 28 (London: Stainer & Bell, 1971; revised, 1976).
The principal holdings of William Byrd's manuscript compositions, letters, and personal records are at the British Library; the Bodleian Library, Oxford; the Christ Church Library, Oxford; and the Cambridge University Libraries.