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Masques and Theatre Music
Masques and Theatre Music, Music History Michael Lane Masques and Theatre Music, Music History Michael Lane

Masques and Theatre Music

While the rambunctious rabble who attended Shakespeare’s Globe as the groundlings are well known, it should come as no surprise that the more elite audience who could afford performances at the indoor Blackfriars Theatre were treated to the deployment of subtle musical effects and allusions and dances imported from the fabulous (and fabulously expensive) Court Masque entertainments.

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