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Dowland on 8 String Guitar by Daniel Estrem Daniel Estrem : Dowland on 8 String Guitar.
 Colorful classical guitar.

John Dowland (1563-1626), an English Renaissance composer, singer and lutenist was the period's most renowned and significant composer of lute solos, lute songs (voice and lute) and consort music. His popularity and recognition during his lifetime appear to be at odds with how he perceived himself. Perhaps he had a realistic view of his place in the panorama of history. His melancholic lyrics and music have often been described as his creation of an "artistic persona", for he was actually known to be a mostly cheerful person.

Dowland composed some 90 works for solo lute, many of which are dance forms. Melancholy does not dominate this album of Dowland's lute music played on 8-string guitar. The works, instead reflect a variety of moods and settings. It is said that Dowland was musically influenced by his numerous travels to the continent and there are instances in his music that sound like glimpses of the future. In the last 40 seconds of the final track on this album ("A Fancy") one can hear the tremelo of Francisco Tarrega's famous guitar piece "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" followed by a pattern similar to the one used by Isaac Albeniz in his celebrated "Leyenda" (Asturias). Both of these Spanish classics were written about 300 years after Dowland.

Songs:

1. My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home (John Dowland)
2. Come Away (Come Again) (John Dowland)
3. The Earl of Essex Galliard (John Dowland)
4. Lacrimae (John Dowland)
5. The Shoemaker's Wife (John Dowland)
6. Dowland's First Galliard (John Dowland)
7. Sir John Smith's Almaine (John Dowland)
8. Melancholy Galliard (John Dowland)
9. The Frog Galliard (John Dowland)
10. Sir John Souch's Galliard (John Dowland)
11. Lady Clifton's Spirit (John Dowland)
12. Robin (John Dowland)
13. Queen Elizabeth's Galliard (John Dowland)
14. My Lord Chamberlain His Galliard (John Dowland)
15. Lady Rich Her Galliard (John Dowland)
16. Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard (John Dowland)
17. Orlando Sleepeth (John Dowland)
18. The Earl of Derby His Galliard (John Dowland)
19. Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (John Dowland)
20. Tarleton's Riserrectione (John Dowland)
21. The King of Denmark His Galliard (John Dowland)
22. A Fancy (John Dowland)

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Release date: 03/20/2014
Daniel Estrem lives in Minnesota USA

Tagged as: Classical, Renaissance, Instrumental, Composer: John Dowland, Classical Guitar

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