Awake, sweet love (John Dowland)
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- CPDL #11128: NoteWorthy Composer
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2006-02-28). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 18 kB Copyright: GnuGPL
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- Editor: John D. Smith (submitted 2004-02-20). Score information: 44 x 62 cm, 2 pages, 51 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Scores listed alphabetically by composer. All scores available in Scorch format, some are also available as PDF files.
- Editor: Ulrich Alpers (submitted 2003-08-18). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 44 kB Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Laura Conrad (submitted 2001-09-11). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 79 kB Copyright: GnuGPL
- Edition notes: in partbook format.
General Information
Title: Awake, Sweet Love
Composer: John Dowland
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Lute song
Language: English
Instruments: Lute
Published: The First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597), no.19
Description:
External websites:
- Listen to a free recording of this piece from Coro Nostro, a mixed chamber choir based in Leicester, UK.
Original text and translations
English text
- Awake, sweet Love! thou art return'd:
- My heart, which long in absence mourn'd,
- Lives now in perfect joy,
- Only herself hath seemed fair,
- She only I could love;
- She only drove me to despair
- When she unkind did prove.