The aural experience

Bells and bagpipes shatter the silence

In modern times there have been various brave attempts to recreate the ‘authentic’ sounds of the past by playing the music on instruments constructed to contemporary designs. As you will soon realise from experiencing sensations in Elizabethan England, even if you can recreate the authentic sound, you cannot recreate the experience of hearing that sound – because listening to music takes place in a different context in Elizabethan times. There is no backdrop of motor, train and air traffic; there are no blaring sirens, no recorded music or radio, and no hum of electrical appliances. In fact, there are very few loud noises. There is thunder; occasionally there is the report of a gun or cannon; and certain instruments such as large bells, trumpets and shawms (woodwind instruments like early oboes)…

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The Story of the Elizabethans (Digital) - 1 Issue, The Story of the Elizabethans 2020

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