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The Songbs & Ayres of John
Dowland
First Booke of Songs or Ayres 1613; Second Booke of Songs or Ayres
1600;
Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires 1603; Lachrimae 1604; A
Pilgrimes Solace 1612
[Songs, voices/viols, lute]
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The First
Booke of Songs or Ayres of Foure Parts, with Tableture for the Lute.
Performers’ Facsimiles, 127.
New York, [1994]. 24 x 35 cm, 47 pp.
Line-cut of the Humfrey Lownes edition (London, 1613), in table book
format. Believed to represent Dowland’s own revisions. 21 songs a4 with
lute/orpharion/viol accompaniment, plus 1 galliard for two lutes.
French tablature. Wrappers. $20
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres of Foure Parts, with Tableture for
the Lute. [Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 128.
[1994]. 24 x 35 cm, 49 pp.
Line-cut of the Thomas Este edition (London, 1600), in table book
format. 22 songs a2, a4 & a5 with lute/orpharion/viol
accompaniment. French tablature. Wrappers. $20
The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires. [Folger Shakespeare
Library, Washington, D.C.].
Performers’ Facsimiles, 129.
Broude Brothers Limited: New York, [1994]. 24 x 35 cm, 47 pp.
Line-cut of the Thomas Adams edition, London, 1603, in table book
format. 21 songs a4 & 5, with lute/orpharion/viol accompaniment.
French tablature. Wrappers. $20
Lachrimae.
Performers’ Facsimiles, 209.
New York, [1998]. 22 x 33 cm, 49 pp.
Line-cut of the London, 1604 edition. 21 pieces for 5 strings with
nine-course Renaissance lute in old tuning (French tablature).
Collection comprises the 7 pavans based on “Lachrimae” (Dowland’s most
celebrated composition and the most widely known melody at that time),
3 other pavans, 9 gailliards and 2 almands. Printed in table-book
format. Some pieces can be played as lute solos. Wrappers. $20
A Pilgrimmes Solace. Wherein is Contained Musicall Harmonie of 3.4. and
5. Parts, to be Sung and Plaid with the Lute and Viols.
Performers’ Facsimiles, 195.
New York, [1996]. 24 x 35 cm, 47 pp.
Line-cut of the London, 1612 edition. Table-book format. Up to 4 voices
(in staff notation) with lute accompaniment in French tablature.
Contains “Lacrimae”, version for solo lute. Wrappers. $20
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