William Byrd made a list of “Eight Reasons for Learning to Sing.” They are all wise and reasonable, although I think my favorite is #2: The exercise of singing is delightfull to Nature & good to preserve the health of Man. (You can see the complete list if you click on the link below.)
My offering of Beautiful Music in Difficult Times today is vocal music by William Byrd and others. Feel free to sing along!
https://wps.prenhall.com/hss_mymusiclibrary_1/167/42754/10945104.cw/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=william+byrd+madrigals