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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 4 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
Away with thise Self-Loving Lads — —— Voice, LuteClassical 2
Praise Blindness Eyes — —— Cello, violin, Voice, Recorder, Lute, ViolaClassical 2
O Sweet Woods — —— Voice, LuteClassical 2
If Floods of Tears — —— Voice, LuteClassical 2
Woeful Heart — —— Voice, LuteClassical 2
Humour Asay What Mak'st Though Here (A Dialogue) — —— —Classical 2
Dowland's Adieu — —— —Classical 2
My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hope — —— Piano, Organ, Cello, violin, Recorder, Lute, Low Voice, ViolaClassical 2
A Shepherd In The Shade — —— Piano, Organ, Low VoiceClassical 2
1. Forlorne Hope — —— PianoClassical 1
9. The Shoemaker's Wife — —— PianoClassical 1
10. Farewell — —— PianoClassical 1
Piper's Pavan — —— RecorderClassical 2
Mrs. Winters Jump — —— RecorderClassical 3
A Shepherd in a Shade — —— Cello, violin, Recorder, Lute, ViolaClassical 1
Mrs. Winter's Jump, Poulton 55 — —— GuitarClassical 1
Lady Laiton's Almain, Poulton 48 — —— GuitarClassical 1
Partita VIII — —— GuitarClassical 1
La Rossignol (Anon) — —— GuitarClassical 2
Morenica Da Me Un Beso (Juan Vasquez) — —— GuitarClassical 2
Toy (Francis Cutting) — —— GuitarClassical 1
Wilt Thou Unkind Thus R — —— Guitar, VoiceClassical 2
Sweet Stay Awhile (Dowland J) — —— Guitar, VoiceClassical 2
Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes(Dowland — —— Guitar, VoiceClassical 2
Siciliana (J. B. Marella) — —— GuitarClassical 1
La Mia Barbara — —— GuitarClassical 1
My Lord Willoughby's Tune — —— GuitarClassical 1
Flower Song — —— GuitarClassical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Cornet 2 — —— —Classical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Euphonium — —— —Classical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Score — —— —Classical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Horn in F 1 — —— —Classical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Tuba — —— —Classical 1
Ayre - Score — —— Piano, FluteClassical 1
Old English Love Songs - Horn 1 — —— —Classical 1
La Mia Barbara - Guitar — —— GuitarClassical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Piccolo Trumpet in B-flat — —— —Classical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Horn in F 3 — —— —Classical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Percussion — —— —Classical 1
Ayre - Flute — —— Piano, FluteClassical 1
7 Pieces - Guitar — —— GuitarClassical 1
Old English Love Songs - Horn 2 — —— —Classical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Trumpet in E-flat/Cornet — —— —Classical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Alto Trombone — —— —Classical 1
7 Pieces - Preface — —— —Classical 1
Old English Love Songs - Horn 3 — —— —Classical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - B-flat Trumpet — —— —Classical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Tenor Trombone — —— —Classical 1

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.