Renaissance music

May 05, 2008 12:38

So what do you know about John Dowland? I'll tell you what I know. He's a Renaissance composer of songs which contain the most tragic lyrics in history. He has a profound understanding of the combination of the poetic/musical line. He also didn't write for opera singers. In fact, I think troubadours probably sang like something close to the way our ( Read more... )

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childofearth May 6 2008, 13:00:22 UTC
Yesh! I actually have the CD this is from. He did a whole CD of this. It's awesome.

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