William Byrd, an Englishman composer born 1543, created consort music. During his life, he has composed over 470 pieces of music in a large variety of musical forms, including motets and church songs. Many of his piano compositions were published in My Ladye Nevells Book and Parenthia. One of his most notable compositions was Browning, which included a collection of twenty variations of a melody inspired by the ripening of nuts during the fall