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JOHN DOWLAND (1563 - 1626)
John Dowland, of English or possibly Irish origin, was born in 1563, probably in London. He was a lutenist of distinction but failed, allegedly because he was a Catholic, to win a position in the royal service, seeking his fortune abroad at Kassel and later, in 1598, at the court of Christian IV of Denmark. He was forced by debt to return to England in 1606 and eventually won appointment as one of the King’s Lutes in 1612. He performed during the funeral ceremonies of King James I and himself died the following year. Dowland was the composer, in particular, of one of the best-known songs of the period, Flow, my teares, music much imitated and epitomising the fashionable humour of the day: melancholy. Dowland himself provided an apt pun on his own name—‘Dowland, semper dolens’ (‘Dowland, always grieving’)—although he had a reputation as a cheerful man, despite being professionally embittered by his long failure to find employment at the English court.
Vocal Music
Dowland was above all the composer of lute songs, publishing his first collection of airs in 1597, followed by a second in 1600 and a third in 1603. He left over 80 secular songs and these include Come again: sweet love doth now endite, Fine knacks for ladies and Flow, my teares, among many others of moving intensity.
Lute Music
For the lute itself Dowland wrote fantasias and dance movements including pavanes, galliards, almains and jigs.
Other Instrumental Music
The best known of Dowland’s instrumental compositions is his famous Lachrimae or Seaven Teares, for five viols and lute. This work includes a series of dance movements, chiefly galliards, and solemn pavanes, using the theme familiar from the lute song Flow, my teares.
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All the Queen's Men - Music for Elizabeth I (Sarum Consort, Mackay) |
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AMARCORD: Book of Madrigals (The) (NTSC) |
Accentus Music ACC-20304 |
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Art and Music: Rubens - Music of His Time |
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AYREHEART: Barley Moon |
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BABS, Alice: Yesterday (1966-1975) |
Prophone PCD050 |
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BIGOS, Misha Adair: Misha |
Yarlung Records YAR99438 |
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BRITTEN, V.: Songs from the Chinese / Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 6, "England" / Nocturnal after John Dowland (I. Fuchs, Gulyás) |
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Chamber and Vocal Music: D'ESTREE, J. / EDWARDS, R. / HOLBORNE, A. (The Food of Love: Songs, Dances, and Fancies for Shakespeare) (Baltimore Consort) |
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Chamber Music - WIDMANN, E. / DOWLAND, J. / KARPELES, N. (The Mystic and the Muse - Celebrating 600 Years of Women in Music) (Ensemble Galilei) |
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Chamber Music (Renaissance) – D'ESTREE, J. / JOHNSON, J. / RAVENSCROFT, T. / ALLISON, R. / MORLEY, T. / BYRD, W. / DOWLAND, J. (Baltimore Consort) |
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Chamber Music (Renaissance) - PHILIDOR, P.D. / BUSNOYS, A. / LUZZASCHI, L. / MONTEVERDI, C. (A Renaissance Tour of Europe) (New York Kammermusiker) |
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CLASSIC MOODS - BACH, J.S. / VIVALDI, A. / BUFFARDIN, P.-G. / DOWLAND, J. / ALBINONI, T.G. / HANDEL, G.F. / PURCELL, H. / PESCETTI, G.B. |
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CLASSIC MOODS - VIVALDI, A. / DOWLAND, J. / MALATS, J. / TARREGA, F. / ALBENIZ, I. / SOR, F. / SANZ, G. / BOCCHERINI, L. / CARULLI, F. |
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DOWLAND, J.: Burst forth, my tears - The Music of John Dowland |
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DOWLAND, J.: Lute Music (McFarlane) |
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DOWLAND, J.: Lute Music, Vol. 1 (North) - Fancyes, Dreams and Spirits |
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DOWLAND, J.: Lute Music, Vol. 2 (North) - Dowland's Tears |
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DOWLAND, J.: Lute Music, Vol. 3 (North) - Pavans, Galliards and Almains |
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DOWLAND, J.: Lute Music, Vol. 4 (North) - The Queen's Galliard |
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DOWLAND: Consort Music and Songs |
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DOWLAND: Flow My Tears and Other Lute Songs |
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English String Festival |
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FOOD OF LOVE (THE) - Early Instrumental Music of the British Isles (Hesperus) |
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Guitar Recital: Jara, Xavier - CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M. / COUPERIN, F. / DOWLAND, J. / RAWSTHORNE, A. / BOGDANOVIĆ, D. / ASSAD, S. / COLLINS, J.D. |
Naxos 8.573797 |
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Guitar Recital: Kevin Gallagher |
Naxos 8.554444 |
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Guitar Recital: Larousse, Florian - DOWLAND, J. / REGONDI, G. / JOSE, A. / ANGELO, N. d' / COSTE, N. |
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Guitar Recital: Tennant, Scott - KROUSE, I. / YORK, A. / BOGDANOVIC, D. / DUARTE, J. / HEAD, B. / RUIZ-PIPO, A. / MOMPOU, F. / DOWLAND, J. |
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Guitar Recital: Victor, João Carlos - DOWLAND, J. / RODRIGO, J. / TÁRREGA, F. / RIOS FILHO, P. / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M. |
Naxos 8.573670 |
Instrumental
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Harpsichord Recital: Chylek, Friederike - BYRD, W. / DOWLAND, J. / FARNABY, G. / JOHNSON, R. / PURCELL, H. / TOMKINS, T. (Time Stands Still) |
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Harpsichord Recital: Chylek, Friederike - BYRD, W. / DOWLAND, J. / LOCKE, M. / LAWES, W. / PURCELL, H. / GIBBONS, O. (From Byrd to Byrd) |
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Lute Recital: DOWLAND, J. / BYRD, W. (Blame not my Lute: Elizabethan Lute Music and Poetry) |
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Lute Recital: McFarlane, Ronn – ATTAINGNANT, P. / LE ROY, A. / BYRD, W. / CUTTING, F. / JUDENKUNIG, H. / NEWSIDLER, H. (The Renaissance Lute) |
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Lute Recital: Rost, Monika - NEUSIDLER, H. / GERLE, H. / DENSS, A. / ROBINSON, T. / DOWLAND, J. (Songs and Dances for Lute) |
Capriccio C10164 |
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Lute Recital: Timofeyev, Oleg - BRACK, G. / DALZA, J.A. / DOWLAND, J. / JOHNSON J. / ARCADELT, J. / BRUSINA, B. de / SANDRINI, P. (The Lviv Lute) |
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SAINTS AND SINNERS - The Music of Medieval and Renaissance Europe [10 CD Boxed Set] |
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SEGOVIA, Andres: 1944 American Recordings (The) (Segovia, Vol. 1) |
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SEGOVIA, Andres: 1950s American Recordings, Vol. 4 (Segovia, Vol. 6) |
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THREE ELIZABETHS (THE): A Musical Celebration of Britain through the Centuries |
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UNIDAS: Alas poore Men |
Gramola Records Gramola98911 |
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Vocal and Chamber Music -COPERARIO, G. / DOWLAND, J. / BENNET, J. / TOMKINS, J. / FORD, T. / HUME, T. (Can She Excuse?) (Ensemble Mikado) |
Gramola Records Gramola98850 |
Vocal
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Vocal and Instrumental Music (English) - JONES, R. / DOWLAND, J. / CAMPION, T. (Lie Down, Poor Heart - English Lute Songs and Folk Ballads) (Taylor) |
Dorian Sono Luminus DOR-90287 |
Vocal
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Vocal and Lute Music (English) - MORLEY, T. / CAMPION, T. / DOWLAND, J. / FERRABOSCO II, A. / HOLBORNE, A. (Greensleeves) (Baird, McFarlane) |
Dorian Sono Luminus DOR-90126 |
Vocal
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Vocal Music - WEILL, K. / DOWLAND, J. / GABRIEL, P. / GABRIELI, A. / CERTON, P. / RODGERS, R. / MANCHICOURT, P. de (… just songs!) (Die Singphoniker) |
Oehms Classics OC801 |
Vocal Ensemble
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Vocal Recital: Babs, Alice - DOWLAND, J. / CAMPION, T. / ATTEY, J. / ROSSETER, P. (Elizabethan Love Songs) |
Swedish Society SLT33206 |
Vocal
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Vocal Recital: Barna-Sabadus, Valer - PURCELL, H. / MATTEIS, N. / DOWLAND, J. (To touch, to kiss, to die) |
Oehms Classics OC870 |
Vocal, Instrumental
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Vocal Recital: Schreier, Peter - BACH, J.S. / DOWLAND, J. / SCHUTZ, H. / EINEM, G. von / SCHUBERT, F. |
Capriccio C10047 |
Vocal
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Vocal Recital: Urrey, Frederick - DOWLAND, J. / CAMPION, T. / HOLBORNE, A. / ROSSETER, P. (O Mistress Mine - A Collection of English Lute Songs) |
Dorian Sono Luminus DOR-90136 |
Vocal
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World of Early Music |
Naxos 8.554770-71 |
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