Robin - John Dowland (1563–1626)

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This wonderful variation or division piece by John Dowland is based on an English popular tune from the Renaissance: "My Robin is to the greenwood gone" or "Bonny Sweet Robin". Dowland takes it much further and creates beautiful virtuosic variations. While his settings of other songs exist in several parts, his variations on Robin only exist in lute tablature, from which our ensemble Musickes Delight arranged it for three instruments.