Editorial Presentation
• Most comprehensive edition to date of the repertoire for solo lute and lute duet by John Dowland, including previously unpublished pieces and numerous alternative versions drawn from the sources
• Urtext edition entirely in tablature, without modern staff notation, ensuring direct, fluent and historically coherent reading for lute performance
• Extensive critical apparatus (66 pages), including detailed source descriptions, analysis of variants, discussed attributions and editorial decisions, complemented by a guide to left-hand ornaments
Published in Paris in 2026, this volume brings together for the first time the complete body of works for solo lute and lute duet by John Dowland, a central figure of English music. Pavans, galliards, almains, fantasias and duets reveal the full range of invention and virtuosity of this master composer.
Prepared by Nigel North, internationally renowned lutenist and scholar, this urtext edition is based on the exhaustive comparison of manuscript and printed sources from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Faithful to the original tablature and conceived for modern performance, it stands as a reference work for lutenists, conservatoires, specialist ensembles and scholars.
