White as lilies was her face (Dowland, John)

First Publication	1600 in The Second Book of Songes (Dowland, John)
Genre Categories	Songs; For 2 voices, lute, viol; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the lute; Scores featuring the viol; For voices with solo instruments; For 3 voices, lute; For 4 voices, lute; For treble, alto, tenor, bass instruments, lute; Scores with open instrumentation; For 5 players; English language; For 4 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 4 players (arr)

Sheet Music

Scores

Complete Score
*#1038910 - 0.65MB, 2 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2026/6/1)

Editor	Thomas Oliphant (1799–1873)
Publisher. Info.	London: Addison & Hodson, n.d.[1847].
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D2889/16
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 4 Recorders (Wiebes)

Complete Score
*#532787 - 0.42MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1653×⇩ - Zandeavande

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Zandeavande (2018/7/21)

Arranger	Jaap Wiebes
Publisher. Info.	Jaap Wiebes
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 [tag/del]
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Lyrics (1)

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General Information

Work Title	White as lilies was her face
Alternative. Title
Composer	Dowland, John
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IJD 45
First Publication.	1600 in The Second Book of Songes (Dowland, John)
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Renaissance
Piece Style	Renaissance
Instrumentation	4 voices; 2-4 voices, lute

Navigation etc.

All 4 parts are texted, but the books of Songes are laid out in such a way "that allows performance by a soloist with lute accompaniment or various combinations of singers and instrumentalists" (Wikipedia, reference to First Book of Songes, but the layout is the same in the second).