On 2014-01-24 14:14, Stewart McCoy wrote:
Dowland's Lachrimae often appear where the text includes the word
"weep". Is
this an allusion to Dowland's Lachrimae, or mere coincidence? John
Bennet's
"Weep oh mine eyes" begins with AGFE in the bass, and with Dowland's
characteristic rhythm. In John Ward's "Weep forth your tears", all six
voices enter with a similar four-note descending motif, but not always
with
the tones and semitones in the same place. Were Bennet and Ward
alluding to
Dowland's Lachrimae? I think they were, because Dowland's pavan was so
well
known in England..
Also check out the beginning of Tobias Hume's ironically titled "A
Humorous Pavan" from his "First Book of Ayres".
Gary
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