Elizabethan Music from Salome

Overview

1. Elizabethan music in general2. The different types of Elizabethan music 3. Street music4. Elizabethan house musicians5. Shakespeare and theatre music6. Instruments7. Elizabethan dance8. Music examples9. Final word to the flexibility of the music

1. Elizabethan music in general

• was an important form of entertainment• Elizabethan music could be performed by

Elizabethan musicians, or simple songs and ballads could be sung in the villages and fields

2. The different types of the Elizabethan music

The different types of Elizabethan music:

• Elizabethan Church music (example)• Elizabethan Street Music (point 3)• Elizabethan House Musicians (point 4)• Elizabethan Theatre Music (point 5)

3. Street music• Elizabethan street music

was played = in weekly markets = on the occasional fairs (gelegentlichen Messen)

4. House Musicians• Elizabethan House Musicians

were very popular• every Nobleman employed

their own musicians• even Middle Class households

employed their own musicians• “Well-to-do“

(wohlhabende)Elizabethans employed (stellten Musiker ein) musicians who should play during lunch.

5. Shakespeare and theatre music• had been used to accompany poems• The importance of music to the Elizabethans was

reflected in the plays of William Shakespeare • The plays of William Shakespeare were divided into

three categories: - Comedies - Tragedies - Histories

• Each genre required different emotions to be reflected in the music

• Music became far more expressive during the Elizabethan era

6. InstrumentsElizabethan musical Instruments played an important role in the lives of the people who lived during the Elizabethan era. Elizabethan music was a major form of entertainment.

7. Elizabethan Dance

Elizabethan music complemented the different forms of Elizabethan Dance. Dancing was an extremely popular pastime during the Elizabethan era.

Elizabethan Dancea) The upper classes enjoyed new types of music. They

had a taste for new music and new dances.

The Masque was popular with the upper classes. Masques were accompanied with music and dance at the beginning and end of the performances and during the interludes.

b) The lower classes enjoyed the more traditional country dances

“Hole in the wall“ - country dance

8. Music examplesa) Elizabethan church music

= Hark all ye lovely saints above - Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623) subtitles included

b) The 'English Consort' was the first English string quartet!

9. Final word to the flexibility of the music

• The composers wrote the music and the musicians decided which instrument it should be played upon.