The Firste Booke of Songes (Dowland, John)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 21 songs / pieces
First Publication 1597 - London
Genre Categories Songs; Airs; Galliards; Dances; For voice, lute; For voices with solo instruments; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the lute; For 4 voices, lute; For voice, lute, viol; Scores featuring the viol; For voice, viol; For lute; For 1 player; English language; For 4 recorders (arr); For 4 players (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 5 recorders (arr); For 5 players (arr); For voice, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Contents

Performances

Recordings

 17. Come Again, Sweet Love doth Now Invite
#101871 - 3.21MB - 2:15 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 20754×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

MP3 file (audio)
Carolus (2011/5/12)

Publisher Info. Jeni Melia and Chris Goodwin
Performers Jeni Melia, soprano
Chris Goodwin, lute
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Synthesized/MIDI

 1. Unquiet thoughts
#219083 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 825×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

MID file (audio/video)
Reccmo (2012/5/14)

⇒ 20 more: 2. Who ever thinks or hopes of love for love • 3. My thoughts are wing'd • 4. If my complaints could passions move • 5. Can she excuse my wrongs • 6. Now o now I needs must part • 7. Dear, if you change • 8. Burst forth my tears • 9. Go crystal tears • 10. Thinkst thou then by thy feigning • 11. Come away, come sweet love • 12. Rest a while you cruel cares • 13. Sleep wayward thoughts • 14. All ye whom love or fortune hath betray'd • 15. Wilt thou unkind thus reave me • 16. Would my conceit that first enforc'd my woe • 17. Come Again, Sweet Love doth Now Invite • 18. His golden locks time hath to silver turn'd • 19. Awake sweet love thou art return'd • 20. Come heavy sleep • 21. Away with these self-loving lads

 2. Who ever thinks or hopes of love for love
#219084 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 433×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 3. My thoughts are wing'd
#219085 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 420×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 4. If my complaints could passions move
#219086 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 612×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 5. Can she excuse my wrongs
#219087 - 0.01MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 823×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 6. Now o now I needs must part
#219088 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 700×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 7. Dear, if you change
#219089 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 399×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 8. Burst forth my tears
#219090 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 346×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 9. Go crystal tears
#219091 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 510×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 10. Thinkst thou then by thy feigning
#219092 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 299×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 11. Come away, come sweet love
#219093 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 560×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 12. Rest a while you cruel cares
#219094 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 309×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 13. Sleep wayward thoughts
#219095 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 317×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 14. All ye whom love or fortune hath betray'd
#219096 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 307×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 15. Wilt thou unkind thus reave me
#219097 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 399×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 16. Would my conceit that first enforc'd my woe
#219098 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 314×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 17. Come Again, Sweet Love doth Now Invite
#219099 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 741×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 18. His golden locks time hath to silver turn'd
#219100 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 315×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 19. Awake sweet love thou art return'd
#219101 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 365×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 20. Come heavy sleep
#219102 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 496×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 21. Away with these self-loving lads
#219103 - 0.00MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 329×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

Publisher Info. Ulrich Alpers
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Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

 Complete Partbook
#278938 - 5.96MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19053×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/4/27)

Publisher. Info. London: Peter Short, 1597.
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 Complete Book (table format)
#278939 - 28.87MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4653×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/4/27)

Publisher. Info. London: Peter Short, 1600.
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 Complete Book (table format)
#278940 - 10.34MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2686×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/4/27)

Publisher. Info. London: Humphrey Lownes, 1606.
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 Complete Book (table format)
#278941 - 5.42MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2726×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/4/27)

Publisher. Info. London: Humphrey Lownes, 1613.
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 Complete Book
#516779 - 9.42MB, 105 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 739×⇩ - Music Addict

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 Introduction and Contents
#29791 - 0.83MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6180×⇩ - homerdundas

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 Scores
#29792 - 8.59MB, 91 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 20014×⇩ - homerdundas

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homerdundas (2009/3/24)

Editor William Chappell (1809-1888)
Publisher. Info. London: Musical Antiquarian Society, 1844.
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 1. Unquiet Thoughts
#175798 - 0.02MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9421×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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⇒ 21 more: 2. Who ever thinks or hopes of love for love • 3. My thoughts are wing'd • 4. If my complaints could passions move • 5. Can she excuse my wrongs • 6. Now o now I needs must part • 7. Dear, if you change • 8. Burst forth, my tears • 9. Go, crystal tears • 10. Thinkst thou then by thy feigning • 11. Come away, come sweet love • 12. Rest a while, you cruel cares • 13. Sleep, wayward thoughts • 14. All ye, whom love or fortune hath betray'd • 15. Wilt thou unkind thus reave me • 16. Would my conceit that first enforc'd my woe • 17. Come Again, Sweet Love doth Now Invite • 18. His golden locks time hath to silver turn'd • 19. Awake, sweet love, thou art return'd • 20. Come, heavy sleep • 21. Away with these self-loving lads • Engraving files (Capella)

 2. Who ever thinks or hopes of love for love
#175799 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3462×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 3. My thoughts are wing'd
#175800 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2789×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 4. If my complaints could passions move
#175801 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7062×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 5. Can she excuse my wrongs
#175802 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9902×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 6. Now o now I needs must part
#175803 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7957×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 7. Dear, if you change
#175804 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2733×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 8. Burst forth, my tears
#175805 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2501×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 9. Go, crystal tears
#175806 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4624×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 10. Thinkst thou then by thy feigning
#175807 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1756×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 11. Come away, come sweet love
#175808 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7135×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 12. Rest a while, you cruel cares
#175809 - 0.02MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1937×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 13. Sleep, wayward thoughts
#175810 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2263×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 14. All ye, whom love or fortune hath betray'd
#175811 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1995×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 15. Wilt thou unkind thus reave me
#175812 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2018×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 16. Would my conceit that first enforc'd my woe
#175813 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1551×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 17. Come Again, Sweet Love doth Now Invite
#175814 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 15952×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 18. His golden locks time hath to silver turn'd
#175815 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2234×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 19. Awake, sweet love, thou art return'd
#175816 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3237×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 20. Come, heavy sleep
#175817 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6263×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 21. Away with these self-loving lads
#175818 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2391×⇩ - Ulrich Alpers

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 Engraving files (Capella)
#219056 - 0.08MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1750×⇩ - Reccmo

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 1. Unquiet Thoughts Your Civil Slaughter Stint
#40408 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3753×⇩ - Fartaria

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Fartaria (2009/10/2)

Editor Peter Chubb
Publisher. Info. Mutopia Project, 2009.
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 5. Can she excuse my wrongs with virtues cloak
#420504 - 0.23MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5489×⇩ - GJC

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Editor Gordon Callon
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 9. Go crystal tears
#540935 - 1.18MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1908×⇩ - Vangi

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Vangi (2018/9/10)

Editor Daniel Van Gilst (b. 1942)
Publisher. Info. Daniel Van Gilst
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Misc. Notes Source : The first book of songs, 1597, 1600, 1603, 1606, 1613
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For 4 or 5 recorders (Wiebes)

 11. Come away, come sweet love
#516655 - 0.46MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1099×⇩ - Zandeavande

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 13. Sleep, wayward thoughts
#516656 - 0.57MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 511×⇩ - Zandeavande

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 17. Come again: sweet love doth now invite
#516654 - 0.49MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 823×⇩ - Zandeavande

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Arranger Jaap Wiebes
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For Low Voice and Piano (Keel)

 Title, Index, Preface
#150074 - 0.79MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/21 - 803×⇩ - RTM

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 7. Deare, if you change
#150075 - 0.38MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/21 - 1496×⇩ - RTM

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 17. Come again
#150076 - 0.30MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/21 - 5227×⇩ - RTM

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Arranger Frederick Keel (1871-1954)
Publisher. Info. Elizabethan Love-Songs. First Set
London: Boosey & Co., 1909. Plate H. 6259.
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Misc. Notes Scanned at 600dpi grayscale, improved, converted to monochrome.
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For Voice and Piano (Siebert)

 1. Unquiet Thoughts
#249543 - 0.37MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3335×⇩ - David Siebert

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⇒ 5 more: 2. Whoever Thinks, or Hopes of Love • 5. Can She Excuse My Wrongs • 11. Come Away, Come Sweet Love • 17. Come Again, Sweet Love • 20. Come, Heavy Sleep

 2. Whoever Thinks, or Hopes of Love
#249893 - 0.42MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1597×⇩ - David Siebert

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 5. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
#251029 - 0.45MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3652×⇩ - David Siebert

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 11. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
#251702 - 0.36MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2831×⇩ - David Siebert

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 17. Come Again, Sweet Love
#250869 - 0.31MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 13988×⇩ - David Siebert

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 20. Come, Heavy Sleep
#249507 - 0.43MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2867×⇩ - David Siebert

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Arranger David Siebert
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General Information

Work Title The First Booke of Songes
Alternative. Title
Composer Dowland, John
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 21 songs and 1 lute piece:
  1. Unquiet thoughts
  2. Who ever thinks or hopes of love
  3. My thoughts are wing'd with hopes
  4. If my complaints
  5. Can She Excuse my Wrongs
  6. Now, oh now I needs must part
  7. Dear, if you change
  8. Burst forth my tears
  9. Go crystal tears
  10. Think'st thou then by thy feigning
  11. Come away, come sweet love
  12. Rest awhile, you cruel cares
  13. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
  14. All ye, whom Love or Fortune
  15. Wilt thou unkind thus reave me
  16. Would my conceit
  17. Come Again, Sweet Love doth Now Invite
  18. His golden locks
  19. Awake, sweet love
  20. Come, heavy sleep
  21. Away with these self-loving lads
  22. My Lord Chamberlain, His Galliard
First Publication. 1597 - London
Language English
Dedication Sir George Carey, Baron of Hunsdon
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Renaissance
Piece Style Renaissance
Instrumentation voices, with lute tablature
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