Work
Dowland Fragments
for mezzo-soprano, violin and piano
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Commissioned note
Highly Commended, Philip Neill Memorial Prize, 2020
Contents note
I. Come away, sweet love
II. It was a time when Silly Bees
III. Come again, sweet love doth now invite
IV. Fine knacks for ladies
V. A Shepherd in a shade
Text note
All texts adapted from John Dowland's Songs or Ayres:
I. Come away, sweet love
Anonymous/Unattributed Text
Published in The First Booke of Songs (1597)
(Extract)
II. It was a time when Silly Bees
Text by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Published in The Third book of Songs (1603)
(Extract)
III. Come again, sweet love doth now invite
Anonymous/Unattributed Text
Published in The First Booke of Songs (1597)
(Extract)
IV. Fine knacks for ladies
Anonymous/Unattributed Text
Published in The Second Book of Songs (1600)
(Extract)
V. A Shepherd in a shade
Text by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Published in The Second book of Songs (1600)
(Extract)