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...The Byrds were formed in 1964 after he encountered fellow ex-folkies Gene Clark and Jim, later Roger, McGuinn on his return to LA....
...In early 1966, The Byrds scandalised polite society by releasing “Eight Miles High”, the most outrageously hallucinatory single yet recorded....
...The Byrds, meanwhile, also signed to Columbia, were encouraged to cover “Mr Tambourine Man” as their debut single....
...is fancy bred” (1938) for voice and guitar is a charming Shakespeare setting, written for a 1938 New York production (by Orson Welles) of The Merchant of Venice and influenced by the composer’s study of Byrd...
...Since the start of the early music revolution about 50 years ago, Palestrina and Byrd have dominated our view of the Renaissance, and it’s only recently that Victoria, their Spanish counterpart, has achieved...
...Howells St John’s Magnificat: Choral works by Herbert Howells Choir of St John’s College, CambridgeChandos English church music has a long and distinctive tradition dating back to the 16th century (Tallis, Byrd...
...His Aldeburgh organ recital includes Byrd and Purcell, and next year he will conduct the Britten Sinfonia in Stravinsky’s Pulcinella....
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