John Dowland

It also suggests, albeit discreetly, how smart he was: You'll find in its unpretentiously written pages references to the likes of Max Beerbohm, John Dowland, Robert Herrick, Martin Luther, H.L.

Head of the Nice Guys Club Terry Teachout 2011

His delivery seems understated, yet every syllable and emotion is carefully focused as to draw the listener into the heart of the music; melancholic anguish in the case of John Dowland, sexual in that of Carlo Gesualdo.

Iestyn Davies & Fretwork/New London Chamber Choir 2010

You need to - in my case, I just bury myself in somebody else's creative process - like John Dowland or people like that - to learn something.

Sting On His World Tour And Humanitarian Work 2010

By reclaiming the freedom to improvise on musical texts and adding unashamedly anachronistic arrangements and instruments, they turn the music by medieval and Renaissance composers such as Guillaume Dufay, Machaut or John Dowland into something more akin to jazz or avant-garde pop.

Forsaking 'Authenticity' Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2010

In a series of recordings for ECM, he joins jazz musicians John Surman and Barry Guy in hauntingly beautiful renditions of songs by John Dowland and his contemporaries.

Forsaking 'Authenticity' Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2010

In a series of recordings for ECM, he joins jazz musicians John Surman and Barry Guy in hauntingly beautiful renditions of songs by John Dowland and his contemporaries.

Forsaking 'Authenticity' Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2010

In a series of recordings for ECM, he joins jazz musicians John Surman and Barry Guy in hauntingly beautiful renditions of songs by John Dowland and his contemporaries.

Forsaking 'Authenticity' Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2010

By reclaiming the freedom to improvise on musical texts and adding unashamedly anachronistic arrangements and instruments, they turn the music by medieval and Renaissance composers such as Guillaume Dufay, Machaut or John Dowland into something more akin to jazz or avant-garde pop.

Forsaking 'Authenticity' Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2010

By reclaiming the freedom to improvise on musical texts and adding unashamedly anachronistic arrangements and instruments, they turn the music by medieval and Renaissance composers such as Guillaume Dufay, Machaut or John Dowland into something more akin to jazz or avant-garde pop.

Forsaking 'Authenticity' Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2010

Oh, I forgot to add, for those quieter, more contemplative moments that one might need, say, for one's first cup of coffee in the morning, I would recommend the lute music of John Dowland, the late 16th century "rocker" contemporary of Shakespeare.

gradins - French Word-A-Day 2009