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William Byrd and the Elizabethan Tabernacle
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In the early Elizabethan reign, composers of the Chapel Royal and Westminster Abbey created Latin polyphonic settings of Psalm 14, Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo. The settings are one of the few examples of Elizabethan composers coming together to give voice to one unified message: “Who shall dwell in thy tabernacle?” For courtiers, the tabernacle was more than a biblical reference in Tudor England, it was a sacred space with a structure that guided
their life: the different chambers and their increasingly restricted access were a stark reminder of the physical and the social limitations of the Elizabethan court. This study brings a detailed analysis of William Byrd’s setting and studies the composer’s contribution to a repertory which communicated both advice and a warning to its audiences: only the right behavior would be rewarded with entry to the Elizabethan tabernacle, the private chambers of the court, and
ultimately to the monarch.
Title: William Byrd and the Elizabethan Tabernacle
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In the early Elizabethan reign, composers of the Chapel Royal and Westminster Abbey created Latin polyphonic settings of Psalm 14, Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo.
The settings are one of the few examples of Elizabethan composers coming together to give voice to one unified message: “Who shall dwell in thy tabernacle?” For courtiers, the tabernacle was more than a biblical reference in Tudor England, it was a sacred space with a structure that guided
their life: the different chambers and their increasingly restricted access were a stark reminder of the physical and the social limitations of the Elizabethan court.
This study brings a detailed analysis of William Byrd’s setting and studies the composer’s contribution to a repertory which communicated both advice and a warning to its audiences: only the right behavior would be rewarded with entry to the Elizabethan tabernacle, the private chambers of the court, and
ultimately to the monarch.
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