Now we're getting somewhere. David O.- are the "Funeral Teares" (including that 2nd verse to "In Darkness.." easily googleable, or Wikie'd? Or is there some especially good source where one can find them?
A side note esp. regarding Dowland's settings- frequently the underlay is problematic after the first verse, sometimes frustratingly so. It would be wonderful if there was a guide to solving some of those puzzles that have frustrated my song partner and me over the years. >It's one of the Funeral Teares, a series of seven poems, set for >soprano, alto and lute by Coprario, to commemorate the death of >Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy. It has two verses, Dowland only used >the first verse, and apart from the obvious advice to read the second >verse to understand the first one better, one should also read all >seven poems to get an idea how this poems fits in. > >David - did I mention recorded some of Coprario's Funeral Teares on my >latest CD 'Songs of Life and Death'? ;-) >bc/lute-admin/index.html > >******************************* >David van Ooijen >[email protected] >www.davidvanooijen.nl >******************************* Howard- thanks for the link to that page from the Hamlet conundrums website. Great stuff, just last week we saw the 1980 production of Hamlet starring Derek Jacoby, Patrick Stewart, and Claire Bloom. Also, references to Robert Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy" are very appropriate here. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
