'Unlawful song' Byrd, the Babington plot and the Paget choir
Smith, Jeremy L.
'Unlawful song' Byrd, the Babington plot and the Paget choir / SMITH, Jeremy L. .-- London; Oxford : Oxford University Press, , 2010:
Early Music -- Vol. 38, núm. 4,Nov. 2010, p. 497
RESUMEN: In late september 1586, Edward Barker ( a royal registrar who reported directly to te English Secretary of State, William Cecil) interrogated three suspected Catholic activists, including one singer, Henry Ediall. The interrogations were conducted in the wake of the Babington plot, an alleged assassination attempt on the life of Queen Elizabeth in which Mary, Queen of Scors, was found to be complicit. Barker questioned the men about their dealing whit the attainted exiled Catholic activist Charles Paget (and his brother Lord Thomas) and about their reactions to the government´s execution of Edmund Campion. Ediall was questioned too about a choral establishment he allegedly ran for tha Pagets and his performance of `direges´ at their residence. Under interrogation, Ediall, whon mentioned the music of Tallis and Byrd in his testimony, claimed that he had sung nothing unlawful. But a look into the repertory he alluded to in his testimony suggests he did sing works that would have been of interest to the government. In this article, which include full transcritions of these State Paper documents, the evidence of these interrogation and relevant musical works are analysed to draw new conclusions about the well-known ´political motets´ of Byrd, shedding fresh light on their legal status, how the could be put to use in a politically charged environment. Keysword: William Byrd; Thomas Tallis; Charles Paget; politics and music; motet; Babington plot
'Unlawful song' Byrd, the Babington plot and the Paget choir / SMITH, Jeremy L. .-- London; Oxford : Oxford University Press, , 2010:
Early Music -- Vol. 38, núm. 4,Nov. 2010, p. 497
RESUMEN: In late september 1586, Edward Barker ( a royal registrar who reported directly to te English Secretary of State, William Cecil) interrogated three suspected Catholic activists, including one singer, Henry Ediall. The interrogations were conducted in the wake of the Babington plot, an alleged assassination attempt on the life of Queen Elizabeth in which Mary, Queen of Scors, was found to be complicit. Barker questioned the men about their dealing whit the attainted exiled Catholic activist Charles Paget (and his brother Lord Thomas) and about their reactions to the government´s execution of Edmund Campion. Ediall was questioned too about a choral establishment he allegedly ran for tha Pagets and his performance of `direges´ at their residence. Under interrogation, Ediall, whon mentioned the music of Tallis and Byrd in his testimony, claimed that he had sung nothing unlawful. But a look into the repertory he alluded to in his testimony suggests he did sing works that would have been of interest to the government. In this article, which include full transcritions of these State Paper documents, the evidence of these interrogation and relevant musical works are analysed to draw new conclusions about the well-known ´political motets´ of Byrd, shedding fresh light on their legal status, how the could be put to use in a politically charged environment. Keysword: William Byrd; Thomas Tallis; Charles Paget; politics and music; motet; Babington plot