Dowland

American  

[dou-luhnd] / ˈdaʊ lənd /

noun

1. John, 1563–1626, English lutenist and composer.

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Dowland British  

/ ˈdaʊlənd /

noun

1. John. ?1563–1626, English lutenist and composer of songs and lute music

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Example Sentences

During the final song—Jonson’s text “Now, Dian,” deftly set to Dowland’s famous tune “Flow My Tears”—it slowly transformed into its negative image, so her face became white.

From The Wall Street Journal

Using Liszt as an extravagant model and further happily drawing from or transforming Ravel, Mussorgsky, Dowland and others, Adès revels in his own exceptional extravagance.

From Los Angeles Times

Purcell cleverly prefaces his Haydn, and Dowland his Schumann, and if his Brahms Fourth is misguided, his Beethoven Ninth is bracingly straightforward.

From New York Times

Glass’s “Mishima” Quartet is the only proper string quartet on the new album, which takes its title from a line in the John Dowland song “Flow My Tears.”

From New York Times

Said to have been an extraordinary lutenist, Dowland was ever conniving, ever complaining, ever in debt, ever ingratiating himself in court, ever scheming.

From Los Angeles Times