Byrd was the leading English composer of the Renaissance and composed for both the Catholic and Anglican churches as well as wrote secular music. His music shows an influence of continental imitative techniques. He is best known for his music written for the Catholic church, for which he wrote 3 masses, one each for 3, 4, and 5 voices. read more
Ralph Vaughan Williams, twentieth century English composer, an agnostic Anglican, who composed or arranged much Anglican Church music. He composed a few works in Catholic liturgical forms, including a Mass and a Te Deum. read more