> Now we're getting somewhere. David O.- are the "Funeral Teares" > (including that 2nd verse to "In Darkness.." easily googleable,
http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/funeral/index.html Tom 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 Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362
