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Dowland

American  
[dou-luhnd] / ˈdaʊ lənd /

noun

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


Dowland British  
/ ˈdaʊlənd /

noun

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

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The instrumental consort—three viols, two violins, harpsichord and lute/theorbo—offered an invigorating collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean hits by such contemporaneous composers as William Brade, William Lawes, John Dowland and Anthony Holborne.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

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 • Nov. 23, 2021

They’ll play Schumann’s complete “Dichterliebe” as well as works by Price, Bonds, John Dowland, Charles Brown, Ernest Charles, William Bolcom and a set of spirituals.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2021

Dowland serves to make us wary of stereotypes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2020

The Englishman was John Dowland, a Londoner and exact contemporary of Shakespeare who spent some of his most fruitfully creative years as the extravagandy paid official lutenist to King Christian IV of Denmark.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall