Collection of songs and dances for the lute, ca. 1594-ca. 1600.

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Collection of songs and dances for the lute, ca. 1594-ca. 1600.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435424896

Consists mainly of traditional or well-known airs arranged for solo, duet and ensemble performances on the lute and written in French lute tablature compiled for pedagogical purposes (a lesson book). Composers include John Dowland, John Johnson, King Henry VIII, Richard Allisonn and Robert Johnson. Also includes tablature fragments and other inscriptions some in inkless writing (drypoint), among them Latin verses and a cypher. Inscriptions, including scribblings, appear at both ends of manuscript.

i, 87, i leaves of ms. music ; 30 x 21 cm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547

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Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled. His disagreement with Pope Clement VII about such an annulment led Henry to initiate the English Reformation, separating the Church of England from papal authority. He appointed himself Supreme Head of the Church of England and dissolved convents and monasteries, for w...

Johnson, John, -1594 or 1595

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Dowland, Robert, approximately 1591-1641

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Dowland, John, 1563?-1626

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Johnson, Robert, approximately 1583-1633

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Bayldon, Anne,

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Dowland, M. L.,

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Bothby, Thomas,

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Alison, Richard, active 1588-1606

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