On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:02 PM, David Tayler <[email protected]> wrote: > Dowland was reluctant to publish his most important works.
Of course, anything is possible. But some facts before theories. Coprario published his set of song in 1606 on the death of Baron Mountjoy. The second verse of In Darknes makes explicit reference to him: 'And thus my hapless ioy I haste to thee'. We can see similar references in the other Funerall Teares. Read them as a set. Dowland's song is published in 1610. Barring mss. versions of Dowland's song, dated before 1606, turning up, I think the obvious is that Coprario was first. But, of course, anything is possible. David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
