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The second booke of songs or ayres, of 2. 4. and 5. parts : with tableture for the lute or orpherian, with the violl de gamba

Title
The second booke of songs or ayres, of 2. 4. and 5. parts : with tableture for the lute or orpherian, with the violl de gamba / John Dowland.
Author
Dowland, John, 1563?-1626.
Publication
New York : Performers' Facsimiles, [1994?]

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Description
1 score (5 unnumbered pages, 45 unnumbered pages) : facsimiles; 37 cm.
Series Statement
Performers' Facsimiles ; 128
Uniform Title
  • Songs or ayres, 2nd book
  • Performers' Facsimiles (Series) ; 128.
Alternative Title
Songs or ayres, 2nd book
Subject
  • Vocal duets with lute
  • Vocal ensembles with lute
  • Part songs, English
  • Viola da gamba and lute music
Note
  • For voice (cantus and bassus) and lute (in tablature), in part also with altus, tenor, and quinto. The final selection ("Dowlands adew") is for lute and bass viol.
  • Facsimile edition: Originally published: London : G. Eastland, 1600.
  • Reproduced from the copy in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.
  • Publisher's no.: Performers' Editions 73128.
Contents
I saw my lady weepe -- Flow my teares fall from your springs -- Sorow sorow stay, lend true repentant teares -- Dye not before thy day -- Mourne, mourne, day is with darknesse fled -- Tymes eldest sonne, old age the heire of ease -- Then sit thee downe, & say thy Nunc demittis -- When others sings Venite exultemus -- Praise blindnesse eies, for seeing is deceipt -- O sweet woods, the delight of solitarienesse -- If fluds of teares could clense my follies past -- Fine knacks for ladies, cheap, choise, brave and new -- Now cease my wandring eyes -- Come ye heavie states of night -- White as lillies was hir face -- Wofull heart with griefe opressed -- A sheperd in a shade his plaining made -- Faction that ever dwells in court -- Shall I sue, shall I seeke for grace -- Finding in fields my Silvia all alone -- Cleare or cloudie sweet as Aprill showring -- Humor say what makst thou heere -- Dowlands adew for Master Oliver Cromwell.
OCLC
  • 317687474
  • ocn317687474
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Columbia University Libraries