Dover Dowland J. - John Dowland'S Lute Songs Third And Fourth Book With Original Tlature

Summary of This Score

This collection honors John Dowland (1563-1626), lute virtuoso and major composer of English music, whose songs continue to captivate singers, instrumentalists, and early music enthusiasts. Designed as a true immersion into his world, it gathers 45 emblematic pieces with a clear guiding thread: to offer a coherent overview of the last great collections of lute songs and associated publications.

You will find the complete THE THIRD AND LAST BOOKE, featuring iconic pages such as Time stands still, Flow not so fast ye fountains, and Come when I call (written for two voices and two lutes). The vocal writing, expressive and highly prosodic, blends with finely crafted lute accompaniment, ideal for working on diction, ornamentation, and voice-instrument balance.

The second major section, A PILGRIMES SOLACE, broadens the palette: intimate songs, more narrative episodes, pieces with choir, and a group of works intended for treble and bass viols (or violin and cello), offering possibilities for small ensemble arrangements. It also features a more international color with Lasso vita mia, providing expressive contrast within the collection.

Additionally, three ayres from "A MUSICALL BANQUET" enrich the program, including the famous In darkness let me dwell. Finally, the score concludes with GALLIART TO LACHRIMAE, presented as a lute solo from A PILGRIMES SOLACE transcribed for guitar: an excellent bridge between historical practice and modern playing, equally suitable for concert performance and Renaissance style study.

Technical specifications

Musical Genre

Classical

Publication

Sheet music

Composer	John Dowland	Instrumentation	voice and lute, duets (two voices and two lutes), with choir, with viols (or violin and cello), solo guitar (transcription)
Artist	John Dowland	Genre	Renaissance score, lute songs (ayres)