> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:02 PM, David Tayler <[email protected]> > wrot= > e: >> Dowland =A0was 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
Online information puts JD back in england during 1606; probably too late to influence the composition which would have preceded the publication, lead time for printing a book would have been weeks to months except in unusual circumstances; not just time at the press was involved, there was also time getting permission from the requisite number of bishops. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
