Dancing+Queen


 * French Dance Music of the 1500's**
 * 1. Who/What is the Folger Consort?** Folger Consort is recognized nationwide as a model chamber music ensemble, performing music from the 12th through 18th centuries.
 * 2.** The Pavane is a slow processional dance in duple meter. The Galliard was a Renaissance dance in triple meter. And Bransle is a dance that mostly moves side to side in either a circle or line.


 * Queen Elizabeth I and Music of Shakespeare**
 * 3. Queen Elizabeth I Trvia:** She loved to hunt. She participated in AND watched sports. She fell in love with her own subjects. She had ten men in her whole life.
 * 4. Who was John Dowland?** He composed lute music.
 * 5. What is a lute? How is it different from a guitar?** The lute is an accompanying instrument that usually had 15 strings and was made of wood. The lute's sound does not last very long and doesn't vibrate as long as a guitar's. A guitar can also be a solo instrument as well as an accompanying instrument.
 * 6. Shakespeare Trivia:** He had many siblings but most of them died by very early childhood or adulthood. He was not english, but italian. He had three children with his wife Anne.
 * 7. Who sings "O Mistress Mine" in Twelfth Night? When?** Sung by Feste in Act 2 scene 3 of Twelfth Night
 * 8. Describe the mood of Willow Song in relation to how it is used in Othello.** Its almost like a sad feeling or maybe calm.
 * 9. What is your interpretation of the S. Vega lyrics?** The soldier went to the Queen asking what they were fighting for (?) tries to explain that whatever she is doing isn't quite the right thing and she didn't care and did not want to listen to someone disagree with her so she had him killed. (?) Queen Elizabeth was with soldiers before, maybe its a story of something that had actually happened, or not.