John Dowland's Lute Songs - (Dover Song Collections) (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Affordable, handsomely engraved edition contains 45 songs by foremost lute player of the early 17th century, transcribed for voice and guitar. Includes three airs from <i>A Musicall Banquet.</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>One of the few English musicians whose fame as a composer spread throughout Europe during his lifetime, John Dowland (1563-1626) was also unsurpassed in his day as a lute virtuoso. The composer of 88 lute songs, Dowland had twice applied for the position of lutenist at the court of Elizabeth I and was rejected both times -- for religious reasons, it was thought. (He had converted to Catholicism during a Protestant reign.) His talents, however, were welcomed at courts in Germany, Venice, Florence, and Denmark. Since the early 20th century, Dowland's excellence as a song writer has been well established; and many of his compositions for lute -- long shrouded in obscurity -- have become well known.<br>This collection of 45 songs includes all the works in his original <i>Third Booke of Songs or Aires</i>; in <i>A Pilgrime's Solace</i> (his fourth collection); three contributions to his son Robert's <i>A Musicall Banquet</i>; plus a lovely galliard -- a dance for solo guitar.<br>Together with Nadal's <i>Lute Songs of John Dowland (First and Second Books)</i>, published in 1997, this compilation completes Dover's newly edited and engraved editions of Dowland's lute songs -- a rich <i>oeuvre</i> sure to be studied and enjoyed by singers, guitarists, and music lovers alike.</p><p></p>
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