Information: - In darkness let me dwell is an anonymous poem included in the 1606 song collection "Funeral Teares" by John Coprario. Its first stanza also served as the basis to a song ascribed to the lutenist and composer John Dowland. The second song was published in 1610, late in Dowland's career, and shows the influence of Italian music of the early baroque. It was published in "A Musical Banquet," a 1610 anthology of songs for lute and voice from England, France, Italy, and Spain compiled by Robert Dowland, John's son. It eventually became more famous than the Coprario setting, and was recorded by many artists, notably by Sting and Edin Karamazov. - Lute can refer generally to any string instrument having the strings running in a plane parallel to the sound table (in the HornbostelSachs system), more specifically to any plucked string instrument with a neck (either fretted or unfretted) and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes. - John Dowland (1563 buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep" (the basis of Benjamin Britten's 1963 composition for guitar solo, "Nocturnal after John Dowland"), "Come again", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe" and "In darkness let me dwell", but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and with the 20th century's early music revival, has been a continuing source of repertoire for lutenists and classical guitarists. - Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera "Peter Grimes" (1945), the "War Requiem" (1962) and the orchestral showpiece "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" (1945). - "I Saw My Lady Weepe" is a lute song from the "The Second Book of Songs" by Renaissance lutenist and composer John Dowland. It is the first song in the "Second Book" and is dedicated to Anthony Holborne. It is an example of Dowland's use of chromaticism. - Robert Dowland ( ca . 1591 -- 1641 ) was an English lutenist and composer . He was the son of the lutenist and composer John Dowland . In 1610 he published two collections of music , A Varietie of Lute Lessons and A Musical Banquet ( an anthology of work by other composers including his father ) . In 1626 his father died and Robert succeeded him as royal lutenist . - The general discussion of how to perform music from ancient or earlier times did not become an important subject of interest until the 19th century, when Europeans began looking to ancient culture generally, and musicians began to discover the musical riches from earlier centuries. The idea of performing early music more "authentically", with a sense of incorporating performance practice, was more completely established in the 20th century, creating a modern early music revival that continues today. After reading the paragraphs above, choose the best answer for the entity that related to 'robert dowland' with the relationship of 'place of birth'. Choices: - best - central - england - france - of - young
england

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Information: - Alexander is a common male first name, and less common surname derived from the Greek "" (Alexandros). The most famous is Alexander the Great, who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. - Taitei no Ken ( , '' The Emperor 's Sword '' ) ( aka : The Sword of Alexander ) is a series of novels by Baku Yumemakura . They blend samurai action with sci - fi elements . The first novel was adapted into a 2007 movie directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi . - In Japanese, they are usually referred to as or . According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character was originally a verb meaning "to wait upon" or "accompany persons" in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau. In both countries the terms were nominalized to mean "those who serve in close attendance to the nobility", the pronunciation in Japanese changing to saburai. According to Wilson, an early reference to the word "samurai" appears in the Kokin Wakash (905914), the first imperial anthology of poems, completed in the first part of the 10th century. - William Scott Wilson (born 1944 in Nashville, Tennessee) is known for translating several works of Japanese literature, mostly those relating to the martial tradition of that country. He is recognized by The American Literary Translator's Association (ALTA) as "todays foremost translator of classic Samurai texts." Mr. Wilson is also described as the world's foremost expert on the warrior's philosophy of Bushido. He served as a Consular Specialist for the Consulate General of Japan in Seattle (1980)--Heading the trade section and advising the Consul on political and economic matters. - Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 BC 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great ("Alexandros ho Megas" ), was a king ("basileus") of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II, to the throne at the age of twenty. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history's most successful military commanders. - The , commonly abbreviated as , is an early anthology of the "waka" form of Japanese poetry, dating from the Heian period. It is an Imperial anthology, conceived of by Emperor Uda (r. 887897) and published by order of his son Emperor Daigo (r. 897930), in about 905. Its finished form dates to c. 920, though according to several historical accounts the last poem was added to the collection in 914. The compilers of the anthology were four court poets, led by Ki no Tsurayuki and also including Ki no Tomonori (who died before its completion), shikchi no Mitsune, and Mibu no Tadamine. - Japan ("Nippon" or "Nihon" ; formally "" or "Nihon-koku", means "State of Japan") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland (east of China, Korea, Russia) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest. After reading the paragraphs above, choose the best answer for the entity that related to 'taitei no ken' with the relationship of 'original language of work'. Choices: - ancient greek - greek - japanese - russia
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japanese