John Dowland was born in 1563.
After many years of travelling across Europe he finally arrived at the Court of Christian IV in Denmark where he was appointed court lutenist and received a very good salary. He stayed there until 1606 when he returned to England where he finally hoped to obtain a post at the court of James I. But that was not to be the case until six years later.




Kelnberger, Christian:
Text und Musik bei John Dowland : eine Untersuchung zu den Vokalkompositionen des bedeutendsten Lautenvirtuosen der englischen Renaissance

Christian Kelnberger plays
Villa-Lobos, Moreno-Torroba, Bach
CD, 1992

Guido Aigner and Christian Kelnberger play "Oriental" - Music for two guitars by Granados, Albeniz, Ravel, Brahms und Bizet
CD, 2004

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