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Portrait of John Dowland

Composer

John Dowland

1563–1626

412 works in the index

Born
1563
Died
1626
Birthplace
London
Citizenship / historical state
Kingdom of England
Period (estimated from birth year)
Renaissance

Biography

Dowland wrote the finest lute songs in English and made a career out of melancholy, which he seems to have found both genuine and marketable.

The songs — Flow My Tears, Come Again, In Darkness Let Me Dwell — were published in a form that lets them be sung as a solo with lute or as a four-part consort, printed so the singers could sit around one table and read from different sides of the page. Modern editions usually give voice with either lute tablature or a keyboard realisation.

For guitarists, the lute solos transfer well and are among the most rewarding early music available, though the tuning differs from the guitar and editions handle that in different ways: some transpose, some retune the third string. Check which before you start learning.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Guitar, Voice, Piano, Lute, Recorder
Genres represented
Classical, pop, Pop, Jazz
Works with composition dates
5 of 412

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 3 of 9

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Unquiet Thoughts — —— Piano, Organ, Voice, Low VoiceClassical 2
Mr. George Whitehead's Almain — —— RecorderClassical 3
III: Gavotte — —— GuitarClassical 2
Lady Hammond's Alman (John Dowland) — —— GuitarClassical 3
Mr. Southcote's Pavan (Thomas Ford) — —— GuitarClassical 3
Tarleton's Resurrection — —— GuitarClassical 5
Flow Not So Fast Ye Fou — —— Guitar, VoiceClassical 3
Say Love If Ever Thou — —— Guitar, VoiceClassical 3
Daphne Was Not So Chaste(Dowland — —— Guitar, VoiceClassical 3
Lady If You So Spite Me — —— Guitar, VoiceClassical 3
Suite for Solo Violoncello, BWV 1007 — BWV 1007— GuitarClassical 2
Two Pieces — —— Guitar— 3
Dedication (Widmung) — —— PianoClassical 2
I Heard The Rose (Franz) — —— PianoClassical 2
Pavan: Sir Henry Unptons Funeral — —— RecorderClassical 2
English Dance — —— —Classical 1
Rest awhile, you cruel cares - No. 12 from "First Book of Airs, Part 2" — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Sleep, wayward thoughts - No. 13 from "First Book of Airs, Part 2" — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
My Lord Willoughby' Tune — —— —Classical 1
Coranto - Guitar — —— GuitarClassical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV — —— —Classical 1
Stay, Time, Thy Flying - Double Bass — —— —Classical 2
Old English Love Songs - Score — —— —Classical 1
Who ever thinks or hopes of love for love — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Fantasy — —— —Classical 1
Unquiet Thoughts - No. 1 from "First Book of Airs, Part 1" — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
An Almand - Guitar — —— GuitarClassical 1
7 Pieces — —— GuitarClassical 1
Stay, Time, Thy Flying - Piano Score — —— —Classical 2
All ye, whom Love or Fortune - No. 14 from "First Book of Airs, Part 2" — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Come away, come, sweet love! - No. 11 from "First Book of Airs, Part 2" — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Awake, sweet love, thou art returned - No. 19 from "First Book of Airs, Part 2" — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
A Prelude - Guitar — —— GuitarClassical 1
Awake2" — —— Piano, Voice— 0
Come2" — —— Piano, Voice— 0
Come away2" — —— Piano, Voice— 0
Rest awhile2" — —— Piano, Voice— 0
Sleep2" — —— Piano, Voice— 0
All ye2" — —— Piano, Voice— 0
Wilt thou2" — —— Piano, Voice— 0
The Third Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 7: "Say Love If Ever Thou Did'st Find" — —— Guitar, Voice, LuteClassical 1
The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 15: "Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me?" — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 11: "Come away, come, sweet love" — —— Piano, Organ, Voice, Lute, Low VoiceClassical 5
Hum Drum — —— PianoClassical 1
Who Ever Thinks or Hopes of Love — —— Piano, Organ, Voice, Lute, Low VoiceClassical 3
My Thoughts are Wing'd with Hopes — —— Voice, LuteClassical 2
Think'st Thou Taken by they Feigning — —— Voice, LuteClassical 2
All Ye, Whom Love or Fortune — —— Voice, LuteClassical 2

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 14744124. Portrait: Unknown, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.