A HUGE thank you to David Hill for this very important work! Many of these texts have informed the essence of my emotional involvement with not only this music; (already a matter of transcendental importance), but also my own internal world-view- a part of the self dialogue with which one carries out thoughts and interactions with the outside world at an existential, philosophical, and even "religious" level. Not to sound too intense here, but yes; this is stuff I really give a damn about, to a surprising extent. My wife too, as she is the singer in this house, the Soprano Who Must Be Obeyed- & accompanied sensitively and correctly at all times.
Here's hoping the rest of the books follow! Dan > 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. > -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
