“Two minstrels too many?”: The remunerated musician of the 16th century, from status symbol of the court to social outcast
Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: Contemporary sources use the word “minstrel” to describe a wide social range of musical entertainers. Legal and other documents of the period provide a rich social tapestry of these late medieval entertainers, and point to the beginnings of the schism between court and country and the attitude(s) of Tudor society/ies to those whom they paid to sing to them. The paper investigates how the minstrel's art was exploited and abused by non-minstrels, and how this contributed to the stigmatization of these “musical vagabonds”. .
Source: Acta Ethnographica Hungarica
Author: Andrew C. Rouse
Language: English
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2124480100