Christopher Morrongiello Plays Lachrimae by Dowland

ByBradford Werner
2019

Christopher Morrongiello performs Lachrimae (ca. 1590s) by John Dowland (1563–1626), Cambridge University Library manuscript DD.2.11. Filmed in the Chapel from Le Château de la Bastie d’Urfé at The Metropolitan Museum of Art via their YouTube Channel. Great performance of one of Dowland’s most intimate works and on a period lute and manuscript. I’m not sure that Dowland dabbled with that many strings but it’s still wonderful!

Featured Instrument: Attributed to Wendelin Tieffenbrucker (German, active 1570–1610). Lute, late 16th century. Padua, Italy. Yew, spruce, ebony, maple. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Freedman, by exchange, 1989 (1989.13). See more info and pictures of this lute at The Met’s website. They also have plenty of guitars in the Met as well.

Dowland Sheet Music and Lessons

John Dowland (1563-1626) – Renaissance, England
Fortune, My Foe by Dowland, Grade 6, Sheet Music or Tab
Mr. Dowland’s Midnight by Dowland, Grade 4, Sheet Music or Tab
Mrs. Winters Jump by Dowland, Grade 4, Free Sheet Music or Tab
Orlando Sleepeth by Dowland, Grade 4, Sheet Music or Tab
Tarleton’s Resurrection, Grade 6, Sheet Music or Tab
The Round Battle Galliard, Grade 7, Sheet Music or Tab

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.