What kind of music was played at Renaissance and Elizabethan Era weddings?
I’m sure that happy, fairly fast music would have been played at the weddings; it was a cause for celebration! Music was very popular and important in those day, and most people would have been able to sing or play an instrument in the times when there weren’t ipods or even record players. If it was a royal wedding in a church, there would probably have been glorious, solemn and celebratory church music, but afterwards at the reception, people would have sung and danced to music. Here’s some more information: http://en.allexperts.com/e/m/mu/music_in… http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizab… http://www.hudsonvalleyweddings.com/guid… At the most elegant of weddings, usually those of the nobility, the processional included music
