This book offers a survey of how female and male characters in English Renaissance theatre participated and interacted in musical activities, both inside and ou

Song offers a vital case study for examining the rich interplay of music, gender, and representation in the early modern period. This collection engages with th

Given the variety and richness of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English 'songscape', it might seem unsurprising to suggest that early modern song needs

"This compendium reflects the latest international research into the many and various uses of music in relation to Shakespeare's plays and poems, the contributo

This volume treats early modern song as a musical and embodied practice and considers the implications of reading song not just as lyric text, but as a musical