Following a number of requests, I have put the paraphrases of Dowland's four books and the Musical Banquet on a public accessible Google Drive: [1]https://drive.google.com/folderview?idzNgOC6APcLrSkZuMlU5dzlTMzQ&usp =sharing This is the original message in the lute list that referred to them in 2008: [2]http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg26955.html I cite part of it here: > 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][3]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. > >
Enjoy Matteo -- References 1. https://drive.google.com/folderview?idzNgOC6APcLrSkZuMlU5dzlTMzQ&usp=sharing 2. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg26955.html 3. http://www.johndowland.co.uk/songs.htm To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
