Anatomy of Melancholy, lain Burnside explores songs that toy with sadness - those that plunge into the darkest depths of depression as well as those that explore the exquisite pain of happiness recalled in grief-from the resigned melancholy of John Dowland to the bitter-sweet consolation of late Schubert and the world-weary gloom of Hugo Wolf 's
Michelangelo songs. While Nina Simone tries to comfort Little Girl Blue, Richard Rodgers is Glad to be Unhappy. (R)