Say, Love, if ever thou didst find

composer

John Dowland (1563-1626)

1603; The Third and Last Booke of Songs and Aires, London

author of text

Anonymous

Recordings

Dowland & Campion: It fell on a summer's day

Ian Partridge (tenor), Jakob Lindberg (lute)

Buy by post £13.99 (ARCHIVE SERVICE) CDH88011 Helios (Hyperion's budget label) — Archive Service Only

Dowland: Awake, sweet love

James Bowman (countertenor), David Miller (lute), The King's Consort

Buy by post £6.99 CDH55241 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Dowland: Lute Songs; Britten: Nocturnal

Mark Padmore (tenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute), Craig Ogden (guitar)

Buy by post £13.99 CDA67648

Details

Mark Padmore (tenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute)

Track 2 on CDA67648 [1'54]

English

Ian Partridge (tenor), Jakob Lindberg (lute)

Track 15 on CDH88011 [1'49] Helios (Hyperion's budget label) — Archive Service Only

English

James Bowman (countertenor), David Miller (lute)

Track 19 on CDH55241 [2'05] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

English

Say, Love, if ever thou didst find

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The image of the moon is common to songs that touch on the symbol of the Virgin Queen (constant yet ever-changing). Whether or not Elizabeth’s razor-sharp intellect would have been taken in by the extravagance of Say, Love, if ever thou didst find (‘Say, Love, if ever thou didst find/A woman with a constant mind?’), it is a wonderful song.

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