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The First Book of Songs (title in Early Modern English: First Booke of Songes or Ayres) is a collection of songs by John Dowland which includes one instrumental piece. The book was published in London in 1597 and was reprinted four times during the composer's lifetime. The first edition was printed by Peter Short.
One of the first 20th-century musicians who successfully helped reclaim Dowland from the history books was the singer-songwriter Frederick Keel. [42] Keel included fifteen Dowland pieces in his two sets of Elizabethan love songs published in 1909 and 1913, [ 43 ] which achieved popularity in their day.
The first written record of the lute songs or ayres is a 1597 publication First Booke of Songes or Ayres, which was composed by John Dowland. This is considered the beginning of the popularity of the lute songs, that set the standard for other composer’s songbooks of English ayres. [ 2 ]
Front page of The First Booke of Songes or Ayres of Foure Partes with Tableture for the Lute, 1597 "Can She Excuse My Wrongs" is a late 16th-century song by the English Renaissance composer John Dowland, the fifth song in his First Booke of Songes or Ayres (Peter Short, London 1597). The words are set to a dance-tune, a galliard.
The lyrics are anonymous. The song is bitter-sweet, typical of Dowland who cultivated a melancholy style. [1] It was included in Dowland's First Booke of Songes or Ayres, which appeared in 1597. The piece is often performed as a lute song by soloist and lute, but, like other songs in the First Booke, it is printed in a format that can also be ...
"My Lord Chamberlain, His Galliard (an invention for two to play upon one lute)" is a piece by John Dowland for the lute. It was printed in his First Booke of Songes or Ayres (London, 1597). The Lord Chamberlain at the time of publication was George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon who with his wife Elizabeth was the dedicatee of the First Book. [1]
Come Again (Dowland) F. The First Book of Songs (1597) M. My Lord Chamberlain, His Galliard; N. Now o now I needs must part
The song was first published in Dowland's collection First Booke of Songes or Ayres of foure partes with Tableture for the Lute (1597). Often regarded as a lute song, it can be sung in more than one way. Dowland provides four part harmony, and the words can be sung as a solo with instrumental accompaniment or by four voices.