John Dowland

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Born
2 January 1563
Born In
London, England, United Kingdom
Died
February 1626 (aged 63)
John Dowland (1563–1626) was an English, possibly Irish-born, composer, singer, and lutenist. Very little is known of Dowland's early life, but it is generally thought he was born in London, or possibly Dublin. It is known that he went to Paris in 1580 where he was in service to the ambassador to the French court. He became a Roman Catholic at this time, which he claimed led to his not being offered a post at Elizabeth I's Protestant court. (However, he had told nobody of his conversion.) He worked instead for many years at the court of Christian IV of Denmark. He returned… read more
John Dowland (1563–1626) was an English, possibly Irish-born, composer, singer, and lutenist. Very little is known of Dowland's early life, but it is generally thought he was born in London, or possibly Dublin. It is known that he went to Paris in 1580 where he was in service to the amba… read more
John Dowland (1563–1626) was an English, possibly Irish-born, composer, singer, and lutenist. Very little is known of Dowland's early life, but it is generally thought he was born in London, or possibly Dublin. It is known that he went to Paris in 1580 where he was in service to the ambassador to the French court. He became a Roman Catholic at this time, whi… read more

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1 Play track The Complete RCA Album Collection Lady Rich, Her Galliard
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2 Lute Music - England: Melancholy Galliard Lute Music - England: Melancholy Galliard
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3 Play track Mister Dowland's Midnight The Frog Galliard
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4 Play track DOWLAND: Consort Music and Songs A Fancy
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5 3 Songs / 2 Songs Flow, my tears
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6 Play track Lute Music of John Dowland Lachrimae
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7 Mister Dowland’s Midnight Mister Dowland’s Midnight
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8 Play track Shakespeare - Come Again Sweet Love Come again, sweet love doth now invite
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9 Play track The John Dowland Collection In darkness let me dwell
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10 Play track The Shoemaker's Wife. A Toy, P 58 The Shoemaker's Wife. A Toy, P 58
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Albums

  1. 26,179 listeners

    17 Nov 1997 · 26 tracks

    DOWLAND: Flow My Tears and Other Lute Songs
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  2. 21,898 listeners

    1 Jan 1999 · 14 tracks

    In Darkness Let Me Dwell
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  3. 19,225 listeners

    19 Jun 1997 · 23 tracks

    DOWLAND: Consort Music and Songs
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  4. 10,530 listeners

    19 May 2014 · 23 tracks

    My favorite Dowland
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