in 1575 queen elizabeth gave william byrd and thomas tallis together a patent for music publishing. this meant that they earned some money for every bit of music that was published, printed or sold in england. music publishing had only just started in england. it was still very expensive to have music printed. byrd thanked the queen by publishing some of his latin motets and dedicating them to her. they were called "cantiones sacrae" ("sacred songs"). he also wrote a collection of "psalmes, sonets and songs" (1588) and "songs of sundrie natures" (1589). his church music includes settings of the service and many anthems such as the popular "sing joyfully".