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Would an English commoner before 1500 have heard music on a regular basis? Would their musical tastes have expanded much beyond common Church hymns and perhaps some folk songs? What about nobles? When would a more expansive musical repertoire become common for the English lower-class?

by /u/Fiddlerax in /r/AskHistorians

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