Anthony Rooley’s article in this journal on the Neo-Platonic background to John Dowland’s Lachrimae (Rooley, ‘New light on John Dowland’s songs of darkness’, Early Music, xi/1 (1983), pp.6–21) has received little support, for good reasons. At the same time, the failure to address his arguments has prevented us from seeing an interesting and instructive fact about the reception of these compositions in the musical and literary world of the time. It should also be said at the outset that Rooley’s linking of the Latin titles of the Lachrimae (published in 1604) with the texts of the lute songs from the same period (especially the Second Book of Songs of 1600) is, in my view, helpful—and is presupposed in what follows here.

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安东尼·罗利（Anthony Rooley）在本期刊上发表有关约翰·道兰（John Dowland）的唇形科的新柏拉图背景的文章

安东尼·罗利（Anthony Rooley）在本期刊上有关约翰·道兰（John Dowland）的Lachrimae的新柏拉图背景的文章（Rooley，“约翰·道兰（John Dowland）的黑暗之歌的新光”，《早期音乐》，xi / 1（1983），第6-21页）几乎没有得到支持。 ，有充分的理由。同时，由于未能解决他的论点，使我们无法看到有关当时音乐和文学界接受这些作品的有趣而有启发性的事实。一开始也应该说，我认为Rooley将Lachrimae的拉丁文标题（于1604年出版）与同一时期琵琶歌曲的文字（特别是1600年第二本歌曲）的链接联系起来，很有帮助-并在以下内容中进行了预设。