Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun william_byrd

1 sense of william byrd

Sense 1
Byrd, William Byrd -- (English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623))
       INSTANCE OF=> organist -- (a person who plays an organ)
       INSTANCE OF=> composer -- (someone who composes music as a profession)