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Third book of airs : 1603
Songs or ayres, 3rd book
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- Creator
- John Dowland
- Format
- Music Scores
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- London : Stainer & Bell, [1923]
- ©1923
- Physical Details
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- score (2 volumes) ; 28 cm
- OCLC
- ocm03346548
- Paged continuously.
- With reproduction of "The epistle to the reader" and the dedication from the original edition.
- Original title: The third and last book of songs or aires. Newly composed to sing to the lute, orpharion, or viols, and a dialogue for a base and meane lute with fine voices to sing thereto.
- For solo voice, except no. 21, which is a duet. Two versions of each song are given: one with lute accompaniement in modern notation and in tablature, and one with accompaniment arranged for piano. Additional and instrumental parts are omitted.
- "General preface" and "Preface to Dowland's Third book of songs or airs" at beginning of each vol.
- pt. I: Farewell, too fair ; Time stands still ; Behold a wonder here ; Daphne was not so chaste ; Me, me, and none but me ; When Phoebus first did Daphne love ; Say, love, if ever thou didst find ; Flow not so fast, ye fountains ; What if I never speed ; Love stood amazed -- pt. II: Lend your ears to my sorrow ; By a fountain where I lay ; O what hath overwrought? ; Farewell, unkind! Weep you no more, sad fountains ; Fie on this feigning ; I must complain ; It was a time when silly bees ; The lowest trees have tops ; What poor astronomers are they ; Come when I call (a dialogue)