At the Danish Court, Dowland encountered extraordinary conditions, including heavy drinking and frequent drunkenness, which Shakespeare also commented on in Hamlet.
Performer Biography
Jakob Lindberg, born in Sweden in 1952, is a highly sought-after solo lutenist who succeeded Diana Poulton as Professor of Lute at the Royal College of Music in 1979.
Performer Biography
Rogers Covey-Crump, a tenor, has performed internationally as a solo artist and with vocal consorts like the Hilliard Ensemble and Gothic Voices.
Composer Biography
Dowland was appointed lutenist at the Court of Christian IV of Denmark in 1598, receiving an exceptionally generous salary.
Composer Biography
Dowland converted to Catholicism during his stay in France, an event he later believed profoundly influenced his worldly career.
Composition History
Dowland's First Booke of Songes (1597) was so popular that it was reprinted multiple times between 1600 and 1613.
Composer Biography
John Dowland, the composer, was born in 1563, a fact he confirmed on two separate occasions in his writings.
You might also enjoy...
Dowland: Songs for Tenor and Lute - A Musicall Banquet
Dowland, J.: Lute Songs and Ayres
Dowland: First Booke of Songes
Dowland: First Booke of Songs, 1597
Humfrey: A Hymne to God the Father
Dowland: Songs for His Elizabethan Patrons
Elizabethan Songs
Dowland: Songs and Lachrimae
Elizabethan And Jacobean Lute Songs
Heavenly Love, Earthly Joy - Elizabethan Lute Songs by John Dowland and Others
