Flute Quartet,Woodwind Ensemble Alto Flute - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.559766
Composed by John Dowland. Arranged by Lisa Ochoco. Renaissance. 66 pages. Lisa L Ochoco #4726485. Published by Lisa L Ochoco (A0.559766).
John Dowland (1562 – 1626) was a lutenist and singer in the Renaissance Period. The lute was a stringed instrument, most closely related to our guitar. He wrote quite a lot of music that is still played and sung by guitarists and singers today. Although his music was written for stringed instruments in general, many arrangers have adapted his works for wind instruments.
This collection of 20 songs from his Third Book of Songs is arranged for flute quartet – 4 C flutes or 3 C flutes and alto. Most of these songs are rather short, so it is recommended that each song is played in its entirety at least twice. I arranged these songs so that the 1st flute always has the melody. To practice fairness in all parts, the parts should be rotated, to give each musician a chance to play the melody.
Song list:
1. Farewell Too Fair
2. Time Stands Still
3. Behold a Wonder Here
4. Daphne Was Not so Chaste
5. Me, Me, and None but Me
6. When Phoebus First did Daphne Love
7. Say Love if Ever Thou Didst Find
8. Flow Not so Fast Ye Fountains
9. What if I Never Speed?
10. Love Stood Amaz’d
11. Lend Your Ears to My Sorrow
12. By a Fountain Where I Lay
13. O What Hath Overwrought
14. Farewell Unkind
15. Weep You no More, Sad Fountains
16. Fie on This Feigning
17. I Must Complain
18. It was a Time When Silly Bees
19. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
20. What Poor Astronomers are They
If each song is played twice in its entirety, you will have almost an hour's worth of music.
If you love Renaissance music, this will be a great addition to your repertoire!
