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Dowland, John
Dowland, John, great English composer and famous lutenist, father of Robert Dowland; b. probably in London, ; d. there (buried), Feb. 20, In he went to Paris in the service of Sir Henry Cobham, but by he was back in England, where he eventually married.
On July 8, , he was admitted to his Mus.B. from Christ Church, Oxford, and in he played before the Queen.
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Unsuccessful in his effort to secure a position as one of the Queen’s musicians, he set out in for Germany, where he received the patronage of the Duke of Braunschweig in Wolfenbuttel and the Landgrave of Hesse in Kassel. He then went to Italy and visited Venice, Padua, Genoa, Ferrara, and Florence; in Florence he played before Ferdinando I, the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
He then made his way home, returning to England in In he was appointed lutenist to King Christian IV of Denmark, remaining in his service until He then returned to England, where he became lutenist to Lord Howard de Walden.
In he became one of the