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SHAKESPEARE AND MUSIC
We find further on, in the same play, that to bring one's lady-love a music master was thought a handsome compliment.
Shrew 12, 170.
Hortensio. | 'Tis well: and I have met a gentleman, Hath promis'd me to help me to another, A fine musician to instruct our mistress. |
Moreover, in Pericles 46, 185, we find that Marina, daughter of Prince Pericles, can 'sing, weave, sew, and dance.' Also see 51, 78, where Marina actually does sing, to rouse her father from his melancholy.