Posts Tagged ‘Earl of Oxford’
Jun.
03
2019
The earl in question in William Byrd’s “Earl of Oxford March”
Ever wondered about the provenance of the famous Earl of Oxford’s March by the Elizabethan composer, William Byrd? He wrote it for the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, about whom I got some inside information when I visited my ailing sister in England last month. Evidently, the research bug hasn’t left me since […]
