Weep you no more, sad fountains (Dowland) Anne Sofie von Otter

Описание: “Weep you no more, sad fountains”

from The Third Booke of Songs (1603)
John Dowland (1563-1626)
 
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Jakob Lindberg, lute
 
Weep you no more, sad fountains;
What need you flow so fast?
Look how the snowy mountains
Heav'n's sun doth gently waste.
But my sun's heav'nly eyes
View not your weeping
That now lies sleeping,
Softly, softly, now softly lies sleeping.

Sleep is a reconciling,
A rest that Peace begets.
Doth not the sun rise smiling
When fair at e'en he sets
Rest you then, rest, sad eyes,
Melt not in weeping
While she lies sleeping,
Softly, softly, now softly lies sleeping.
 
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Various artists’ depictions of women playing lute:
 
[0:23] Master of the Female Half-Lengths
[0:40] Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653)
[1:00] Laurent de La Hyre (1606-1656)
[1:11] Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707-762)
[1:25] Franco-Flemish School, 17th century
[1:30] Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow (1789-1862)
[2:00] Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1665-1747)
[2:18] Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653)
[2:38] Andrea Solari (1460–1522)
[2:58] Angelika Kauffmann (1741-1807)
[3:15] Edward Charles Halle (1846-1914)
[3:25] Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653)[0:00]
[3:40] Ferdinand Bol (1616–1680)
[4:00] Eglon Hendrik van der Neer (1634-1703)
[4:16] Jan Mijtens (1614-1670)
[4:36] Bartolomeo Veneto (active 1502-1531)
[4:50] Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639)
[5:05] Ferdinand II Wagner 1847-1927