John Dowland
Born: 2nd January 1563, London
Died: 20th February 1629, London
Nationality: English
John Dowland 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.
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Further Reading: Dowland
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Thomas Dunford and Lea Desandre on Songs of Passion
23rd Dec 2025
The lutenist and mezzo discuss their Presto Award-winning album of music by Dowland and Purcell, their own first encounters with both composers as teenagers, and some of the friends and family-members who played a part in the project.
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Iestyn Davies on singing Dowland
28th Mar 2014
British countertenor Iestyn Davies talks to Presto's David Smith about his new Dowland recording, The Art of Melancholy, out on 31st March on Hyperion Records.
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Popular Works: Dowland
- A Fancy (46)
- Awake, sweet love (23)
- Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) (111)
- Captain Digorie Pipers Galliard (51)
- Come again, sweet love doth now invite (87)
- Come away, come, sweet love (26)
- Come heavy sleep (46)
- Fine knacks for ladies (53)
- First Booke of Songes (1597) (39)
- Flow my teares (Lacrimæ) (110)
- Forlorn Hope Fancy (Fantasie No. 2) (40)
- Frog Galliard (62)
- Go Crystal tears (31)
- I saw my Lady weepe (49)
- If my complaints could passions move (44)
- In darkness let me dwell (79)
- Lachrimae Antiquae (41)
- Lachrimae Pavan, P. 15 (105)
- Lachrimae Verae (26)
- Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares (24)
- Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (47)
- Melancholy Galliard (38)
- Mr Dowland's Midnight (36)
- Mr John Langton's Pavan (23)
- Mrs Winter's Jump (35)
- My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home (51)
- Now, O now, I needs must part (52)
- Preludium (24)
- Queen Elizabeth, her Galliard (43)
- Say love if ever thou didst find (28)
- Second Booke of Songs (38)
- Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (68)
- Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (25)
- Sir John Smith, His Almain (43)
- Sorrow, stay (44)
- Tarleton's Riserrectione (43)
- The Earl of Essex's Galliard (59)
- The King of Denmark, His Galliard (53)
- Time stands still (44)
- Weepe you no more, sad fountaines (29)
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