"Look up to the stars; that's where harmony is."Investigate who said this quote.
The above picture is a monocord. Investigate the history of this instrument (scientific tool). Investigate "Pythagorian harmony" and the relationship of music to mathematical proportions and numbers.
Musicians were paid for playing for plays and at court. Musicians had a lower status and were seen as being different than other people at court. In fact, the majority of musician in Henry VIII's court were immigrants, largely Jewish immigrants. Investigate ethnic differences in the plays: Islam in OTHELLO and Judaism in MERCHANT OF VENICE.
Note: The cow's horn became the corneto! Cornets were used in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE to signal the change of scene to Belmont.
Note: In Shakespeare's plays, music is often mentioned with discord: "Time broke in a disordered string." - RICHARD II
Research: References to music throughout the plays and sonnets
Keith McGowan, an Elizabethan musician brought many period instruments for examination. Look at the pictures and identify the instruments.
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