Barley-break (violin duo)

Barley-Break, from My Ladye Nevell’s Virginal Booke (c. 1591)

Composer: William Byrd, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Violins

Printout: 2 pages

Note: Byrd’s setting uses the harmonic cross-relations characteristic of the English Renaissance to accompany a spirited folk tune with metric variations.