Dowland: His golden locks, Molly Netter, voice; The Voice of the Viol consort

John Dowland’s song, _His golden locks time hath to silver turned,_ Molly Netter with The Voice of the Viol; Wendy Gillespie, Elisabeth Reed & Farley Pearce, Elizabethan viols. The Voice of the Viol, directed by Elisabeth Reed, is a program of Voices of Music. One of Dowland’s earliest works, it was performed before the Queen, November 17, 1590, during the Accession Day Tilts for the retirement of Sir Henry Lee, who was the the Queen’s Champion and Armourer of Elizabeth I. The striking _parlando_ opening reflects Dowland’s familiarity with the new Italian styles; Dowland acknowledges the influence of the composer Marenzio in his preface to the publication of the work in his First Book of Songs (London, 1597). Text His golden locks Time hath to silver turned. O Time too swift! Oh swiftness never ceasing! His youth ’gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain, youth waneth by increasing. Beauty, strength, youth are flowers but fading seen; Du