People keep requesting depressing, sad, dark, "goth" classical songs, so that always brings to my mind the music of John Dowland. Now I wonder, did he ever write anything that was even a tiny bit upbeat or hopeful? He wrote for the lute--any instrumental pieces that at least sound happy?
Name any Dowland composition (voice or instruments) that ISN'T sad?
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Yes, I think he did. Plenty.
'Come Again' isn't sad to my ears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI005i6pG-w
Or this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOgOIPwGC2Q
Nor these:
'Frog Galliard' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPdMwoBki-A
'Fantasia VII' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZsJTmdkk6o
'As I Went to Walsingham' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HYE1EjfvQs
And this is positively jolly (isn't it?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MTOQrpBGn0