Dowland / K. Dawn Grapes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grapes, K. Dawn, author.

Series:

Composers across cultures.

Oxford scholarship online.

Composers across cultures

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dowland, John, 1563?-1626.

Dowland, John.

Dowland, John, 1563?-1626--Criticism and interpretation.

Dowland, John, 1563?-1626--Travel.

Composers--England--Biography.

Composers.

Lutenists--England--Biography.

Lutenists.

Music--England--16th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--England--17th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

'Dowland' celebrates the story of one of the most important composers to emerge from early modern England. This book contextualizes the geographical, political, religious, cultural, and musical aspects of the life of John Dowland (1563-1626). It provides a window into life as a musician in the Elizabethan-Jacobean era, illuminating the importance of social, courtly, and academic connections as it closely explores the composer's musical compositions.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Composers Across Cultures

Epigraph

Preface

Acknowledgments

Guide to Abbreviations and Editorial Methods

Part Becoming Dowland

1 "Musicke, Which From My Childhoode I Haue Euer Aymed At": (England, 1563-c. 1579)

2 "I Trauelled the Chiefest Parts of France": (France, C. 1579-c. 1583)

3 "Enfranchisd in the Ingenuous Profession of Musicke": (England, C. 1584-1594)

4 Music for Lute

Part Navigating the Continent

5 "A Man to Serve Any Prince in the World": (German Lands, 1594-1595)

6 "I Founde the Cities Furnisht With All Good Artes": (Italy, 1595)

7 "You Shall Not Neede to Doubt of Satisfaction Here": (German Lands, 1595-1597):

-: Dowland's Psalmes

8 The First Booke of Songes Or Ayres: (1597)

Part Serving Two Nations

9 "Personal Lutenist to the King": (Denmark, 1598-1602)

10 The Second Booke of Songs Or Ayres (1600) and The Third and Last Booke of Songs Or Aires (1603)

11 Lachrimae: (1604)

12 "Frozen in a Colde and Forreine Country": (Denmark, 1602-1606)

Part Returning Home

13 "Old Frend, Thy Yeares Have Made Thee White": (England, 1609-1612):

-: Micrologus

14 Varietie of Lute-Lessons and A Musicall Banquet: (1610)

15 A Pilgrimes Solace: (1612)

16 "Maister Doctor Dowland": (England, 1612-1626)

Epilogue

APPENDIX A John Dowland, Letter to Robert Cecil, 10 November 1595

Hatfield House Archives, Cecil Papers, 172:91-93

APPENDIX B Calendar

APPENDIX C Select List of Works

Source Abbreviations

Lute Song-Airs

Psalm Harmonizations and Sacred Music

Consort Music

Lute Music

APPENDIX D Personalia

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14.

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Select Bibliography

General Index

Index of Dowland's Works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 5, 2024).

ISBN:

9780197558881

0197558887

9780197558867

0197558860

OCLC:

1428214581