> On Sep 16, 2016, at 11:21 PM, David van Ooijen <davidvanooi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Friday, 16 September 2016, Ron Andrico <[1]praelu...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >>> , mainly via signature riffs (such as > the Lachrimae motif) and cadential events<< > > Although I certainly 'feel' Dowland's signature in many of the solos > ascribed to him, I think the falling tears motif is not a good example > as it was a stock phrase in the word painting language of the Italian > madrigal (and much older, I believe, but no quotes or sources, sorry), > whose most direct influence on Dowland can be found in the madrigals > by Marenzio, much admired by Dowland. And the cadential doodles are > typical of all English Renaissance music for lute.
Ron himself has brought up the Marenzio connection on his page: https://mignarda.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/dowland-marenzio-and-lachrimae/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
