MUSI 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: List Of Compositions By Benjamin Britten, Harpsichord, Viol
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Semper dowland, simper dolens : always dowland, always sorrow . Dowland: flow my tears 1600: piece for lute called tears / lachrimae , viol consort piece, lute song with poem added later. Reworking of john dowland"s flow my tears (instrumental version) Piece by william byrd based on a piece by john dowland. Catholics failed to blow up parliament because an anonymous letter was sent to warn them. Discovered around midnight on nov 4, 1605 with tons of gun powder, ready to blow up parliament. Pius v: papal bull in 1570: absolves elizabeth"s subjects from allegiance to her, elizabeth becomes outlaw to catholic church. Elizabeth/tudors versus catholics: serious: 1583: byrd gets in trouble because friends with catholic, byrd suspended from the chapel royal for a while. After 1605, it was even worse to be a catholic in england . Byrd"s cantiones sacrae/ sacred songs (1589 and 1591) Motets emphasize themes of persecution: domine praestolamur a 5, domine tu jurasti.