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Lute Songs of John Dowland
The Original First and Second Books including Dowland's Original Lute Tablature Sheet Music Book
By John Dowland

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Guitar (or lute) and voice
The Original First and Second Books including Dowland's Original Lute Tablature. Composed by John Dowland (1563-1626). Masterworks; Vocal Collection. Dover Edition. Renaissance. Guitar/vocal songbook. With standard guitar notation, lute tablature and lyrics. 128 pages. Dover Publications #06-29935X. Published by Dover Publications (AP.6-29935X).

Item Number: AP.6-29935X

ISBN 9780486299358. 8 3/8x11 inches. English.

Transcribed for Voice and Guitar by David Nadal. The preeminent lute virtuoso and composer of the early 17th century, John Dowland wrote numerous songs, both gay and melancholy, that dazzled the courts of England and Europe. This rare compilation features 43 of these splendid works in transcriptions for voice and guitar, plus two dances for solo guitar. Original lute tablature and complete song texts included.

  • Uniquiet Thoughts 
  • Who Ever Thinks or Hopes of Love 
  • My Thoughts are Wing'd with Hopes 
  • If My Complaints Could Passions Move 
  • Can She Excuse My Wrongs? 
  • Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part 
  • Dear, If You Change 
  • Burst Forth, My Tears 
  • Go Grystal Tears 
  • Think'st Thou Taken by they Feigning 
  • Come Away, Come Sweet Love 
  • Rest Awhile You Cruel Cares 
  • Sleep, Wayward Thoughts 
  • All Ye, Whom Love or Fortune 
  • Wilt Thou, Unkind, Thus Reave Me 
  • Would My Conceit 
  • Come Again 
  • His Golden Locks 
  • Awake, Sweet Love, Thou Art Returned 
  • Come, Heavy Sleep 
  • Away with thise Self-Loving Lads 
  • My Lord Chamberlain His Galliard  For 2 to play
  • I Saw My Lady Weep 
  • Flow My Tears 
  • Sorry, Stay 
  • Die Not Before thy Day 
  • Mourn, Day Is with Darkness Fled 
  • Tim'es Eldest Son, Old Age (the first part) 
  • Then Sit Thee Down (the second part) 
  • When Others Sing White (the third part) 
  • Praise Blindness Eyes 
  • O Sweet Woods 
  • If Floods of Tears 
  • Fine Knacks for Ladies 
  • Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes 
  • Come ye Heavy States of Night 
  • White as Lilies was Her Face 
  • Woeful Heart 
  • A Sheperd in a Shade 
  • Faction that Ever Dwells 
  • Shall I Sue 
  • Toss Not My Soul 
  • Clear or Cloudy 
  • Humour Asay What Mak'st Though Here (A Dialogue) 
  • Dowland's Adieu  For master Oliver Cromwell

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  • Ratings + Reviews

  • 4

    Mike
    Location:
    Richfield, MN
    Difficulty Level:
    Intermediate/advanced
  • December 11, 2015 Recommended for guitarists only

    This book is the best currently available version of Dowland's songs for guitar and voice. It includes all the pieces from Dowland's first two books, in standard notation and lute tablature. Most pieces are transcribed with the 3rd guitar string tuned down to F# to match lute tuning...

    and make the pieces playable, but a few songs have been adapted to standard tuning (and with completely different, but easier, fingerings). I have a few quibbles with this book. The guitar part is transposed down a 3rd, but the voice part is in the original key; completely unnecessary for singers, and very inconvenient for guitarists trying to learn the melody, or singers who want to learn the harmony on the piano. A few awkward page turns and additional verses not listed below the voice part make this book not really suitable for singers, and lute players should just use the tablature available in public domain, but it's still a very good resource for guitarists.

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  • 2

    Mary
    Difficulty Level:
    Intermediate
  • December 26, 2014 requires retuning the guitar

    Two major complaints about this book: 1) nearly all of the pieces require retuning the guitar's third string from G to F sharp and 2) yes, this really is a book for VOICE and guitar. So if you're looking for solo arrangements, this book is not for you...

    . Because the editor assumes a voice will be joining you, the voice, of course, has the melody, and the guitar parts are merely backup. If you want classical guitar transcriptions of Dowland's lute music, you'll need to go elsewhere. Jerry Willard's Easy Renaissance Pieces for Classical Guitar is a great choice and includes works by Dowland and a number of other composers.

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