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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 5 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
Old English Love Songs - Score and Parts — —— —Classical 1
Burst forth, my tears - No. 8 from "First Book of Airs, Part 1" — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Cornet 1 — —— —Classical 1
Music from the Royal Danish Court of King Christian IV - Bass Trombone — —— —Classical 1
Süsses Lieb - Score — —— —Classical 1
Burst forth1" — —— Piano, Voice— 0
Six pieces — —— —— 2
Six Luth Songs — —— —— 1
4 Fancies — —— —— 1
Two Madrigals — —— Tuba— 1
Lachrimae or Seven Teares: M. John Langtons Pavan — —— RecorderClassical 4
Flow My Tears — —— —— 0
Come Again, Sweet Love — —— —— 0
If My Complaints Could Passions Move — —— —— 0
Can She Excuse My Wrongs? — —— —— 0
Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part — —— —— —
Go Grystal Tears — —— Voice, LuteClassical 1
Come Away, Come Sweet Love — —— —— 0
Would My Conceit — —— Voice, LuteClassical 1
Come Again 1597Wikidata —— —— 0
His Golden Locks — —— —— 0
Come, Heavy Sleep 1597Wikidata —— —— 0
My Lord Chamberlain His Galliard — —— —— —
I Saw My Lady Weep — —— —— 0
Sorry, Stay — —— Voice, LuteClassical 1
Shall I Sue — —— —— 0
Go, Crystal Tears — —— —— 0
Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite — —— —— —
Sorrow, Stay — —— —— 0
2. Queen Elizabeth's Galliard — —— —— —
3. An Unnamed Piece (I) — —— PianoClassical —
4. Orlando Sleepeth — —— —— —
5. My Lord Chamberlaine, His Galliard — —— —— —
6. Mrs. Vauxe's Gigge — —— PianoClassical —
7. Mellancoly Galliard — —— —— —
8. Mrs. White's Nothinge — —— PianoClassical —
11. The Lady Rich, Her Galliard — —— —— —
13. My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe — —— —— —
14. Dowland's Adew — —— PianoClassical —
15. Fantasia — —— —— —
Lachrimae Antiquae (Pavane) — —— —— 0
Lachrimae Verae (Pavane) — —— —— 0
Mr. John Langton's Pavan — —— —— 0
Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavane) — —— —— 0
Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard — —— —— 0
Sir John Souch's Galliard — —— —— 0
Mr. Bucton's Galliard — —— —— —
The Earl of Essex's Galliard — —— —— —

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.