This week Early Music Monday explores how Machaut survived the plague (and what we can learn from his experience). In the meantime, please remember that musicians (among others) are unemployed right now. The more you do your part to slow the spread of Covid-19, the sooner musicians can go back to work. Probably Machaut's solution is a little extreme...
Black Death Music Parties
Aside from the part where it killed people, the plague actually had a pretty significant impact on music (and culture in general) in medieval/renaissance times. And did you know that Machaut was a plague survivor?
Read more here: Weird Classical: The History of Black Death Music Parties