John Bull was among the most distinguished English keyboard-players of his time, and his career forms a link with the developing keyboard tradition of the Netherlands. Bull was in the service of Queen Elizabeth and her successor, before taking refuge in the Netherlands to avoid various charges levelled at him in England. He was known as an organist and a virginalist and as a maker of both instruments, the second a form of keyboard instrument with a mechanism for plucking rather than hammering the strings.

Keyboard Music

Bull wrote keyboard compositions based on both sacred and secular models. The best known of his works must be The King's Hunt, with a series of dance movements, fantasias and song-variations, some of which make considerable demands on the performer.

Art & Music: Rubens - Music of His Time	Bach: Partita No. 3 (arr. for cimbalom) / LULLY: Air tendre et Courante / BULL: Allemande	BAKFARK: Fantasia No. 9 / D'INDIA: O, che gradita / CACCINI: Amarilli mia bella
BERGER, J.: Psalm 23 / MENDELSSOHN, Felix: 2 Geistliche Lieder / HOWELLS, H.: Psalm 130 / FARRANT, R.: Psalm 97 (Psalmvertonungen) (Geismann)	BULL / LAWES / SIMPSON / LOCKE / PURCELL: Consort Music	BULL: Keyboard Music
BULL: Organ Music	BULL: Pavans and Galliards	Chamber Music (English 16th Century) - TALLIS, T. / TYE, C. / CORNYSH, W. / BALDWIN, J. / BULL, J. / BYRD, W. / TAVERNER, J. / PRESTON, T. (Fretwork)
Choral Music - HILDEGARD OF BINGEN / PALESTRINA, G. / BYRD, W. / ISAAC, H. / JOSQUIN DES PREZ / DUFAY, G. (Voices of Ascension Chorus)	CHRISTMAS ELIZABETHAN ANTHEMS (Red Byrd, Rose Consort of Viols)	Early English Organ Music, Vol. 2
FAIRE IS THE HEAVEN - MUSIC OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH	FITZWILLIAM VIRGINAL BOOK (THE) - Transcriptions for Mixed Consort	FRESCOBALDI, G.: When they had Pedals, Vol. 1 - The Pleyel
FROBERGER / BULL / BACH: Harpsichord Music	GIBBONS / WARD / TOMKINS / BULL: English Anthems	Guitar Quartet Arrangements - BYRD, W. / PRAETORIUS, M. / TELEMANN, G.P. / DOWLAND, J. / BULL, J. (Gypsy's Round) (Buffalo Guitar Quartet)