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John Dowland
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John Dowland was a male composer, songwriter, and singer from the Kingdom of England. Born in London on January 2, 1563, he was educated at Christ Church and spoke English. His musical career began in 1592, and he is associated with the Baroque music movement and classical music genre. Dowland played the lute and was a Catholic.
He died in London in 1626. His son was Robert Dowland. Dowland’s work is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. He is categorized under renaissance, classical, and early music tags.
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John Dowland (1563–1626) was an English, possibly Irish-born, composer, singer, and lutenist. Very little is known of Dowland's early life, but it is generally thought he was born in London, or possibly Dublin. It is known that he went to Paris in 1580 where he was in service to the ambassador to the French court. He became a Roman Catholic at this time, which he claimed led to his not being offered a post at Elizabeth I's Protestant court. (However, he had told nobody of his conversion. <a hre
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Child
- Robert Dowland
- Occupation
- singer
- Educated at
- Christ Church
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Genre
- classical music
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- lute
- Image
- John Dowland.jpg
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- John Dowland
- date of death
- 1626-02-00
- date of birth
- 1563-01-02
- start of work period
- 1592-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Title page of 1604 Lachrimae
John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) 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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