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Dowland, John

Dowland, John (dou'lund) [key], 1563–1626, English composer, unsurpassed in his day as a lutenist. His books of Songs or Ayres (1597–1603) established him as the foremost song composer of his time.

See studies by D. Poulton (1972) and I. Spink (1974).

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As I went to Walsingham. Can she excuse my wrongs? Flow my teares. Have you seen the bright lily grow. The Battle Galliard. The lowest trees have tops. Fine knacks for ladies. Fantasy. Come, heavy sleepe. Forlorne Hope Fancye. Come againe. Wilt thou unkind thus reave me. Weep you no more, sad fountains. My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home. Cleare or cloudie. In darkness let mee dwell. Spoken reading of a letter by Dowland (Fanfare)

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Unquiet Thoughts. Say, Love, if ever thou didst find. Sorrow, stay! Away with these self-loving lads. Fantasia No. 7.1 Come again! Sweet love. Sleep, wayward thoughts. Come, heavy sleep. Flow, my tears. I must complain. If my complaints could passions move. Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard.1 What if I never speed? To ask for all thy love. Now, O now, I needs must part. In darkness let me dwell/Nocturnal after John Dowland2 (Fanfare)

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