Interesting—I, too, had heard that Dowland was Catholic: presumably an explanation of his extended absence from England. I wondered about his work appearing in a protestant hymnal. The version I found was written by Bourgeois; included in the edition is the fauxbourdon setting by Dowland with melody in the tenor. (Hymns, Psalms & Spiritual Songs, Westminster John Knox Press)
Leonard On 4/22/17, 6:37 PM, "Chris Barker" <csbarker...@att.net> wrote: >This is also in the 1940 and 1978 hymnal of The Episcopal Church, and I >suspect earlier editions as well. I believe it's also in the Methodist >hymnal. It was originally a hymn to the praise of the Holy Trinity. I >have >read that John Dowland was a Roman Catholic. I also read that he was from >time to time lutenist to Queen Elizabeth I of England. Queen Elizabeth, >in >dealing with Protestant/Catholic conflicts, liked to play both ends >against >the middle, kept some of each at court. She also liked to have one or the >other drawn and quartered, burned at the stake, etc. when it seemed >politically "correct" (in her view anyway). The Church of England says >that >the hymn was originally written by Louis Bourgeois in 1551. The following >web site claims to have Dowland's original lyrics... Doxology Lyrics and >Chords | Worship Together www.worshiptogether.com/songs/doxology/ > >Regards, > >Chris Barker > > > > > > >Doxology. Writer(s): David Crowder. Theme(s): Adoration & Praise. > >-----Original Message----- >From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On >Behalf >Of Leonard Williams >Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017 2:46 PM >To: Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >Subject: [LUTE] Dowland's 100th Psalm > > A few years ago I was surprised to find in my mother's old >Presbyterian hymnal a setting of Psalm 100 (aka Doxolgy, Old Hundredth) >attributed to John Dowland. After having lost my copy of it I finally >found >it online at > >https://tinyurl.com/mx7xpkl > > >I've been trying my hand at intabulation, but the key of G yields a >monster, >and in F it's better but difficult. I'm trying not to lose moving voices. >Lead is in the tenor. Anybody have a tab of this setting? > >Thanks and regards, >Leonard Williams > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
