It is amazing to see how religion has made such an impact on music and dancing. As far back as the Renaissance religion had an enormous impact on both. During the Renaissance it was mostly the Roman Catholic Church that had powerful control. If you were a troubadour or trouvères participating in secular music and not in the office or mass participating in Gregorian Chant than you were considered part of the lowest social class. However, if it was not for the troubadours and trouvère we probably would not find one of my favorite musical instruments (the fiddle) in western folk music or bluegrass.
I always try to find the good even in the bad. If it were not for the catastrophic plague, then there would not have been the rise in secular music
I always try to find the good even in the bad. If it were not for the catastrophic plague, then there would not have been the rise in secular music