French Vocal Literature: Repertoire in Context introduces singers to the history and performance concerns of a vast body of French songs from the twelfth centur

This volume brings together literary and musical compositions of medieval France, identifying the use of voice in these works as a way of articulating gendered

Language, education, politics, and music come together in Katherine Bergeron's Voice Lessons, a study of the French m?lodie in the Belle Epoque. Close readings