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

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

English music studies often apply rigid classifications to musical materials, their uses, their consumers, and performers. The contributors to this volume argue

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