Gaming, the Worst Diversion

Gaming has long held a bad reputation for its connection with gambling and indolence. Despite this stigma, 18th-century composers and writers began toying with gaming as an engaging avenue to education and great success.

Join Kyle Collins of Governor’s Musick as he explores the music featured in two 18th-century games: a Goose-like board game aiming to teach young ladies the amenable path to marriage and a musical dice game owned by Thomas Jefferson.