Dowland - Lachrimae (1604)

The guide investigates Dowland??s famous Lachrimae (1604), the earliest collection of instrumental music generally known to non-specialists.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The document; 2. The instruments; 3. The dance types; 4. The seven 'passionate pavans'; 5. 'Divers other pavans, galiards, and almands'; 6. Reception.

Summary

This comprehensive guide investigates Dowland's famous Lachrimae (1604), 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.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Holman
• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521581967
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58196-7
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 292 g
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history