The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (John Dowland)

General description

Title: The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres of 2, 4 and 5 parts: with Tableture for the Lute or Orpherian, with the Violl de Gamba

Composer: John Dowland

Publication date and place: 1600 London: George Eastland.

Description: Numbers 1-8 are songs for 2 voices; numbers 9-20 are songs for 4 voices; numbers 21-22 are songs for 5 voices.

Facsimile:

• The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (John Dowland) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

Works included

No.	Title	Voices	Voices	Comments
Frontispiece	Praise God upon the lute and viol	3	canon 1-8-5
1	I saw my lady weep	2
2	Flow my tears, fall from your springs	2
3	Sorrow, sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears	2
4	Die not before thy day	2
5	Mourn, mourn, day is with darkness fled	2
6	Time's eldest son, Old Age, the heir of Ease	2		(First part)
7	Then sit thee down and say thy 'Nunc dimittis'	2		(Second part)
8	When others sing 'Venite exultemus'	2		(Third part)
9	Praise blindnesse eies, for seeing is deceipt	4
10	O sweet woods, the delight of solitarienesse	4
11	If fluds of teares could clense my follies past	4
12	Fine knacks for Ladies, cheap, choise, braue and new	4
13	Now cease my wand'ring eyes	4
14	Come ye heavy states of night	4
15	White as lilies was her face	4
16	Woeful heart with grief oppressed	4
17	A shepherd in a shade his plaining made	4
18	Faction that ever dwells in court	4
19	Shall I sue, shall I seek for grace	4
20	Tosse not my soule	4
21	Cleare or cloudie sweet as Aprill showring	5
22	Humor say what makst thou heere	5
	Adieu for Master Oliver Cromwell

Works at CPDL

No.	Title	Lyricist	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices	Instruments
	Praise God upon the lute and viol		Sacred	Canons	3	SAT	A cappella
1	I saw my lady weep		Secular	Lute songs	2	SB	Lute
2	Flow my tears, fall from your springs		Secular	Lute songs	2	SB	Lute
3	Sorrow, sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears		Secular	Lute songs	2	SB	Lute
4	Die not before thy day		Secular	Madrigals	2	SB	A cappella or Lute (optional)
5	Mourn, mourn, day is with darkness fled		Secular	Madrigals	2	SB	A cappella or Lute (optional)
6	Time's eldest son, Old Age, the heir of Ease		Secular	Madrigals	2	SB	A cappella
7	Then sit thee down and say thy 'Nunc dimittis'		Secular	Madrigals	2	SB	A cappella
8	When others sing 'Venite exultemus'		Secular	Madrigals	2	SB	Lute
9	Praise blindnesse eies, for seeing is deceipt		Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB	Lute
10	O sweet woods, the delight of solitarienesse	Philip Sidney	Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB	Lute
11	If fluds of teares could clense my follies past		Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB	Lute or a cappella
12	Fine knacks for Ladies, cheap, choise, braue and new		Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB	A cappella
13	Now cease my wand'ring eyes		Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB	Lute (optional)
14	Come ye heavy states of night		Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB	Lute (optional)
15	White as lilies was her face		Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB	Lute (optional)
16	Woeful heart with grief oppressed		Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB	A cappella or with lute
17	A shepherd in a shade his plaining made		Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB, TTBB	A cappella
18	Faction that ever dwells in court		Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB	Lute (optional)
19	Shall I sue, shall I seek for grace		Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB	A cappella or with (optional) Lute
20	Tosse not my soule		Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB	Lute (optional)
21	Cleare or cloudie sweet as Aprill showring		Secular	Madrigals	5	SATTB	Lute (optional)
22	Humor say what makst thou heere		Secular	Madrigals	5	SSATB, SATTB	String ensemble