My responses were inadvertently sent only to Benny:
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At least in the late Elizabethan form of the English pavan for lute,
the musical and dynamic climax almost always occurs in the middle
section, which typically ends on some sort of dominant. The third
section 'winds down' in terms of rhythmic energy and melodic activity.
For a good illustration of this point, check out the lute pavans of
Holborne, which were surely conceived as dance music and almost
uniformly adhere to this analysis. I hope this helps.
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My feeling is that proportional integrity should be the aesthetic
reason for performing the repeat of the third section. Also, the
rhetorical convention of repetition amplifies the final statement of
the poetry.
That said, you should probably do whatever floats your boat. Probably
no lives will be lost if you decide to omit the repeat and, hopefully,
no authenticity police will come pounding on your door in the dark of
the night.
As for 'In darkness let me dwell', the ending is indeed a special
effect, which Dowland also used in 'Semper Dowland, semper dolens' from
the instrumental collection Lachrimae. However, 'In darkness' is a
through-composed song, while FMT has a more conventional verse
structure.
RA
> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:45:46 +0200
> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
> From: davidvanooi...@gmail.com
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Flow my tears
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> > opinions regarding a repeat in performance of the third section of
> > Dowland's "Flow My Tears"; yes, no, and why?
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> I always repeat for form's sake. An AABBC Pavan feels so unfinished.
> Solus Cum Sola comes to mind as another AABBC where the C 'must' be
> repeated for form's sake.
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> David
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