1563-16261641) was an English lutenist and composer. He was the son of the lutenist and composer John Dowland.
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1563-1626 - 1641) fou un llaütista i compositor anglès. Era fill del llaütista i compositor John Dowland.
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He was the father of the lutenist and composer Robert Johnson.
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Va ser el pare del llaütista i compositor Robert Johnson.
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By his own account he was an accomplished lutenist, but it was his vocal and compositional skills that would forge his reputation.
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Pel seu propi compte va arribar a ser un gran llaütista, però va ser el seu talent vocal i compositiu el que va forjar la seva reputació.
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In November 1598 King Christian IV of Denmark, brother-in-law to the future James I, appointed him as court lutenist, heaping kindnesses on his virtuoso.
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El novembre de 1598, el rei Cristià IV de Dinamarca, cunyat del futur Jaume I, el nomenà llaütista de la seva cort i no escatimà mostres de generositat envers el seu virtuós.
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His increasing renown as composer and performer, however, did not win him Elizabeth’s confidence; so in 1594, after vainly seeking a post as court lutenist, he left for a long journey that was to take him to Rome, where he intended to take lessons with the famed Luca Marenzio.
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Malgrat tot, la seva fama creixent com a compositor i intèrpret no li garantí el favor de la reina Elisabet: després de presentar-se sense èxit per ocupar un càrrec de llaütista a la cort, el 1594 emprengué un llarg viatge que el duria a Roma per seguir les lliçons del cèlebre Luca Marenzio.
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Consequently, it is the listeners themselves who can enjoy this well-composed, honest and pleasant music, perfectly performed by the composer himself, a unique character in the world of contemporary music, as you can evidently perceive from this interview (in Catalan)- a 21st century lutenist who does the same that his 16th and 17th century ancestors three or four-hundred years ago.
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Així, pot ser l’oient mateix qui es delecti en aquesta música ben composta, honesta i plaent, perfectament interpretada pel seu compositor mateix, que és un personatge singular en el panorama musical contemporani, tal com queda palès en aquesta entrevista: un llaütista del segle XXI que fa allò que feien els seus avantpassats fa tan sols tres-cents o quatre-cents anys, i que no és sinó utilitzar el seu instrument per fer la música que li plau de fer.
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