John Dowland
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.
Genre: medieval
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Top Tracks
- Frogg Galliard
- Lachrimae Pavin
- A Dream
- Melancholy Galliard
- A Fancy
- Dowland on the Continent - The King of Denmark's Galliard
- A Fantasie
- Three Feminine Portraits - Lady Hunsdon's Allemande
- Lady Rich's Galliard
- Three Feminine Portraits - Lady Clifton's Spirit
- MRS. White's Nothing
- Sir John Smith's Almain
- Dowland: Flow My Tears
- Elizabeth and Essex - The Earl of Essex's Galliard
- Fortune My Foe
- Dowland on the Continent - Mauritius Pavin
- A Galliard
- Elizabeth and Essex - Queen Elizabeth's Gaillard
- Three Feminine Portraits - La Mia Barbara
- Dowland on the Continent - Farwell
Albums (55)
- Deep Relax: A Classical Sanctuary (2026)
- Rising Stars - The Classical Vanguard (2025)
- Baroque Revolution (2025)
- Guitar Springtime (2025)
- All We Need Is Love (& Classical Music) - A Valentine's Day Collection (2025)
- The Delight of Solitariness: The Lute Songs of John Dowland (2024)
- John Dowland Lachrimae (2023)
- Lachrimae (2023)
- Dowland: [Complete] Lachrimæ (2023)
- Ars britannica. Old Hall Manuscript, Madrigals & Lute Songs (2023)
- Stabat Mater: Tallis, Dowland, Byrd, von Bingen and Ruiz del Corral reworked for choir and chamber orchestra (2022)
- Lessons (2022)
- Dowland, Lawes, Cooper, Byrd, Simpson & Lupo: English Consort and Keyboard Music (2022)
- Semper Dowland (2021)
- Dowland: A Fancy (2020)
- Dowland: Lachrimae (2019)
- Dowland: Whose Heavenly Touch (2019)
- Dowland: Works for Lute (Performed on Guitar) (2019)
- What if a Day (2019)
- Dowland: Lachrimæ (1970)
- John Dowland: First Booke of Songes or Ayres (2018)
- The Passinge Mesures – Music of the English Virginalists (2018)
- To Dowland or Not to Dowland (2018)
- Tell Me True Love (2016)
- Dowland: Songs for Soprano and Guitar (2016)
- Dowland: Lachrimae or Seven Tears (2016)
- Dowland: The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (2015)
- In Darkness (2015)
- Dowland: Awake Sweet Love (2015)
- Mister Dowland's Midnight (2014)
- Dowland: Shadows (2014)
- My favorite Dowland (Bonus Track Version) (2014)
- My favorite Dowland (2014)
- Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares (2014)
- Dowland: The Art of Melancholy – Lute Songs (2014)
- An Englishman in New York (2014)
- J. Dowland: Blisseful Kisses (2013)
- Dowland: Lachrimae (Alpha Collection) (2013)
- Sorrow Stay: John Dowland (2012)
- Dowland in Dublin (2012)
- John Dowland's Lachrimae or Seaven Teares (2011)
- Dowland: Lute Lessons (1970)
- John Dowland - Lute songs, Lute music (2009)
- Flying Horse: Renaissance Music from the ML Lutebook (2009)
- Dowland, J.: Lute Music, Vol. 4 - The Queen's Galliard (2009)
- Dowland: Lute Songs (Alpha Collection) (1970)
- In Darkness Let Me Dwell (2008)
- Dowland: Lute Songs – Britten: Nocturnal (2008)
- Dowland, J.: Lute Music, Vol. 3 - Pavans, Galliards and Almains (2007)
- Dowland - A Dream (2005)
- Grainger: Rambles and Reflections (2002)
- An Englishman Abroad: Consort Music by Thomas Simpson (English Orpheus 6) (1991)
- A Musicall Dreame: Ayres & Instrumental Music by Farnaby, Dowland, Jones & Coprario (1990)
- My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is: Ballads from Shakespeare's Time (1989)
- Madrigals and Wedding Songs for Diana (1970)
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