K Dawn Grapes
A Zoom lecture: Dowland Biography
K Dawn Grapes, who has recently published a Dowland research guide with a comprehensive list of the very extensive literature around the great composer and the first new biography in 40 years, discusses his life and the issues in writing about him in a Zoom link-up from the USA.
Dowland 400 Festival
Sun, 26 July 2026
The Octagon Chapel, Norwich
5:00pm
£5
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K Dawn Grapes, who has recently published a Dowland research guide with a comprehensive list of the very extensive literature around the great composer and the first new biography in 40 years, discusses his life and the issues in writing about him in a Zoom link-up from the USA.
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