In “An Anatomy of Melancholy,” his crazy, magnificently tireless compendium of all that illed clinically depressed Elizabethan England, Robert Burton now and then turned his attention to America and ...

“Semper Dowland, semper dolens” was the motto of the composer John Dowland: “Always Dowland, always sorrowful.” The phrase was aptly quoted in the program note for Tuesday night’s Boston Early Music ...

Guest lutenist David Walker will join soprano Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk, DMA, in a faculty recital featuring the lute songs of John Dowland on Monday, Sept. 15. Hurst-Wajszczuk is associate professor ...

Program notes by Wm. Pinckard on container and on leaflet ([8] p.) inserted, the latter including also the texts of the vocal works. Contains selections from the Songs, or airs, books 1-3, The ...

The Dryden Ensemble continues its season with a program entitled “Lachrimæ: In Praise of Tears,” featuring soprano Clara ...

In this week’s Sound Advice Capital Public Radio’s classical morning host Kent Teeters shares new recordings featuring music for winds by Richard Strauss, orchestral music by Dvorák, piano works by ...

The pleasant yet intense lute music of 17th century England shapes the body of the most delicate experiment in Sting's musical life. In the songs of John Dowland, he has found an Elizabethan precedent ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A year ago, when Music’s Quill presented a program of Elizabethan consort ...