Historical clue formulations

• Many a troubadour — 2020-11-12
• Allan-a-Dale, e.g. — 2016-01-16
• Minstrel, often — 2015-03-27
• Many a troubadour — 2011-05-07
• Elizabethan ballad player, maybe — 2009-01-21
• Elizabethan musician — 2003-12-21
• Musician of old — 1999-05-04