B. Dowland: Ayres (Invitation To Part): SATB: Vocal Score

Edited by Thurston Dart and Nigel Fortune13 of the finest settings taken from John Dowland: Ayres for Four Voices originally transcribed as Volume 6 of Musica Britannica by Edmund Fellowes. The Elizabethan and Jacobean lutesongs were often written with alternative versions for voices and lute. This volume is an introductory selection of these ‘airs’ with accompaniment which may be played on guitar or keyboard as well as lute. SATB CONTENTS Burst forth my tears By a fountain where I lay Can she excuse my wrongs Come again sweet love doth now invite Come away come sweet love Come heavy sleep Fine knacks for ladies Go crystal tears If my complaints Now o now I needs must part Sleep wayward thoughts Sweet stay awhile Weep you no more sad fountains