Dancing+Queen

1) Folger Consort is a chamber music ensemble that plays renaissance music

2) Bransle was faster tempo with one main instrument, Pavane was slower and more melancholy, Galliard was faster and more joyous, also it was more musically complex

3) Queen Elizabeth was originally considered not an official member of the royal family because of her mother's alleged infidelity. Queen Elizabeth is one of the most beloved monarchs in British history. She was never married, maybe out of fear of childbirth, or maybe because none of the men she would consider marrying were in a high enough political class.

4) He is a famous composer for the lute

5) A lute is a stringed instrument from the renaissance era. It has more strings than a guitar and is smaller, and rounded at the back.

6) Shakespeare is probably the most beloved actor/playwrite in human history. His work is still widely read today. His style of humor and the vivid nature of his character's personalities has influenced writers throughout history.

7) Feste in Act II, scene iii

8) Slow, not particularly happy nor particularly sad. Plucked string instrument accompanies.

9) The lyrics are meant as a criticism of the monarchy's injustices as a system of government, and the cycles it perpetuates.