Composer Robert Johnson was part of the circle of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson at the beginning of the 17th century. Little of his music has survived; this release by British-American lutenist Nigel North includes most of what did. Johnson's music was probably used in Shakespeare's plays, and this album may be of interest to theatrical producers for that reason. It consists of dances: pavanes, galliards, almains (allemands), and titled pieces like The Witches' Dance (track 7), mostly of the sort that Dowland, another ...
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Composer Robert Johnson was part of the circle of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson at the beginning of the 17th century. Little of his music has survived; this release by British-American lutenist Nigel North includes most of what did. Johnson's music was probably used in Shakespeare's plays, and this album may be of interest to theatrical producers for that reason. It consists of dances: pavanes, galliards, almains (allemands), and titled pieces like The Witches' Dance (track 7), mostly of the sort that Dowland, another contemporary, also composed. But the effect of Johnson's music is different; it's simpler, more transparent, and much less given to melancholy than Dowland's. Sample the economical elegance of The Fairies' Dance (track 10) for a taste. The virtuosity lies mostly in the ornaments applied rather than in the notated music, but the four numbered pavanes and a few other pieces have "divisions" or variations attached. North informs the buyer in his notes (in English only) that Pavan No. 2 "has...
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