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awesome
i'm using dowland on my senior recital for college, this is one of the better books.

Thanks, Dover!
What a bargain this volume is!French tablature for lute, standard notation for guitar, plus the voice part.All nice and neatly presented.You absolutely can't go wrong with this volume at $10.Thanks, Dover; what a great favor you've done for us lutenists!

A nice collection
It took me awhile to get used to the traditional lute tab notation as I am coming from a regular guitar background (read standard notation & "modern" tablature).This is a good book if you can find it.Ifyou also like steel-string acoustic guitar playing, check out therecordings and transcriptions by John Renbourne.There is another bookthat may be hard to find but worth it called "Complete Anthology forMedieval and Renaissance Guitar" that has some great transcriptionsusing alternate tunings by Renbourne. ... Read more

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John Dowland's Lute Songs: Third and Fourth Books with original tablature
Good product at an excellent price. ... Read more

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Dowland's famous Lachrimae (1604) is the earliest collection of instrumental music generally known to nonspecialists, yet it has never been studied in detail before. Among other things, this comprehensive guide investigates its publication history, its place in the development of Renaissance dance music, the significance of its writing for particular stringed instruments, and the possible connections between the famous cycle of "Lachrimae" pavans and Elizabethan conceptions of melancholy.Download Description
Dowland's Lachrimae (1604) is perhaps the greatest but most enigmatic publication of instrumental music from before the eighteenth century. This new handbook, the first detailed study of the collection, investigates its publication history, its instrumentation, its place in the history of Renaissance dance music, and its reception history. Two extended chapters examine the twenty-one pieces in the collection in detail, discussing the complex internal relationships between the cycle of seven 'Lachrimae' pavans, the relationships between them and other pieces inside and outside the collection, and possible connections between the Latin titles of the seven pavans and Elizabethan conceptions of melancholy. The extraordinarily multi-faceted nature of the collection also leads the author to illuminate questions of patronage, the ordering and format of the collection, pitch and transposition, tonality and modality, and even numerology. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on March 1, 2002. The length of the article is 2447 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: John Dowland. (Music Reviews).
Author: Gary R. Boye
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2002
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: 58Issue: 3Page: 679(4)

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