David Hill has completed his paraphrases to Dowland's The First Booke of Songs - which I am delighted to say is now downloadable from the John Dowland website: [1]http://www.johndowland.co.uk/songs.htm
David would like me to point out that ''these are only MY interpretations of the meanings of the songs, and I may well be wrong, or simply unaware of certain facts or bits of info, folklore or other Jacobean titbits. You could perhaps tell folk that all suggestions of alternative readings/interpretations will be considered (like a rather better-informed early musical Wikipedia'' I'm sure these paraphrases will be of tremendous help to singers and their accompanists, and I urge you to encourage performers to download these texts. And - it need hardly be said - a huge Thank You to David Hill for taking the time to complete Book 1. I understand that Book 2 is well on its way, with the others to follow. As ever, comments/discussion welcome. Rob MacKillop [2]www.johndowland.co.uk -- References 1. http://www.johndowland.co.uk/songs.htm 2. http://www.johndowland.co.uk/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
