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John Dowland's Lute Songs perhaps no other figure soOne of the few English musicians whose fame as a composer spread throughout Europe during his lifetime, John Dowland (15631626) was also unsurpassed in his day as a lute virtuoso. The composer of 88 lute songs, Dowland had twice applied for the position of lutenist at the court of Elizabeth I and was rejected both times for religious reasons, it was thought. (He had converted to Catholicism during a Protestant reign.) His talents, however, were