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John Dowland
Sign in to saveEnglish Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer (1563–1626)
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- Born
- 1563
- Died
- 1626
- Works
- 30
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1563
- Active to
- 1626
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John Dowland (1563–1626) was an English, possibly Irish-born, composer, singer, and lutenist. Very little is known of Dowland's early life, but it is generally thought he was born in London, or possibly Dublin. It is known that he went to Paris in 1580 where he was in service to the ambassador to the French court. He became a Roman Catholic at this time, which he claimed led to his not being offered a post at Elizabeth I's Protestant court. (However, he had told nobody of his conversion. <a hre
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Quotes
- “True love cannot be changed,Though delight from desertBe estranged.Farewell, farewellBut yet or ere I part (O cruel),Kiss me sweet, kiss me sweet my jewel.”
- “Come again: sweet love doth now invite,Thy graces that refrain,To do me due delight,To see, to hear, to touch, to kiss, to die,With thee again in sweetest sympathy.”
- “Flow my tears, fall from your springs,Exil'd for ever: let me mournWhere night's black bird her sad infamy sings,There let me live forlorn.”
- “Hark you shadows that in darkness dwell,Learn to contemn light,Happy, happy they that in hellFeel not the world's despite.”
- “Semper Dowland semper dolens.”
- “He was the rarest musician that his age did behold; having travelled beyond the seas, and compounded English with foreign skill in that faculty.”
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- John Dowland
- date of death
- 1626-02-00
- date of birth
- 1563-01-02
- start of work period
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- John Dowland
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to John Dowland, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Title page of 1604 Lachrimae
John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", "Come again", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe", "Now o now I needs must part", and "In darkness let me dwell". His instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and with the 20th century's early music revival, has been a continuing source of repertoire for lutenists and classical guitarists.