Dowland - Lachrimae (1604)

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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2008
• EAN: 9780521588294
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58829-4
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 162 g
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music