Dear Gary, .. or even nos 28 and 80. :-)
No doubt you know how Hume got up Dowland's nose, maintaining that the viol was a superior instrument to the lute, causing Dowland to blow a fuse in _A Pilgrimes Solace_. Hume seems to make quite a few references to Dowland's music. I take your point about "A Humorous Pavin", which begins: |\ |\ |\ |\ | |\ | |\ | | | | _a______________________ _a__d__b__a_______|_a___ _b________b_______|_a___ _c________c__a____|_b___ _c_____________d__|_c___ _a________________|_____ The opening four notes of Lachrimae have appeared twice, at two different octaves. I wonder if the next piece in the book, "A Pavin" (no. 44) is a reference to Dowland's Piper's Pavan. It begins: |\ |\ |\ | |\ | |. | | _a___c__d__a__h____ _a______a__________ _b______b__________ _c______c__________ _c_________________ _a_________________ There is certainly a reference to Lachrimae in Hume's "What greater griefe" (no. 113). The melody is in staff notation, of course, but in tablature would look like this: | |\ | |\ |\ | | | | | | | | | | __a_____________________d__c__a_______ _______d___b__|_a________________e____ ______________|_______________________ ______________|_______________________ ______________|_______________________ ______________|_______________________ What great-er griefe then no re-liefe Just to rub salt in the wound, Hume gives Dowland no credit for anything. He writes: "... my studies are far from servile imitations, I robbe no others inventions, I take no Italian Note to an English dittie, or filch fragments of Songs to stuffe out my volumes. These are mine own Phansies expressed by my proper Genius ..." The cheek of the man. No wonder Dowland went ballistic. Best wishes, Stewart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "gary digman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lutelist" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:38 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Richard Tarletone / Dowland > Stewart; > > Not to mention 37, 38 and 97. Number 43 "A Humorous Pavan" always > sounds to me like it has some "Flow My Tears" in it. Is it possible that > Hume was yanking Dowland's chain here? > > Gary To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
