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Gender and SonG in early Modern enGland Women and Gender in the early Modern World Series Editors: allyson Poska, The University of Mary Washington, USa abby Zanger The study of women and gender offers some of the most vital and innovative challenges to current scholarship on the early modern period. For more than a decade now, “Women and Gender in the early Modern World” has served as a forum for presenting fresh ideas and original approaches to the field. interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary in scope, this ashgate book series strives to reach beyond geographical limitations to explore the experiences of early modern women and the nature of gender in europe, the americas, asia, and africa. We welcome proposals for both single-author volumes and edited collections which expand and develop this continually evolving field of study. Titles in the series include: Romancing the Self in Early Modern Englishwomen’s Life Writing Julie a. eckerle Learning and Literacy in Female Hands, 1520–1698 elizabeth Mazzola Staging Women and the Soul-Body Dynamic in Early Modern England Sarah e. Johnson Musical Voices of Early Modern Women Many-Headed Melodies edited by Thomasin laMay English Women, Religion, and Textual Production, 1500–1625 edited by Micheline White Gender and Early Modern Constructions of Childhood edited by naomi J. Miller and naomi yavneh Gender and Song in early Modern england edited by leSlie C. dUnn Vassar College, USA and KaTherine r. larSon University of Toronto, Canada © leslie C. dunn, Katherine r. larson, and contributors 2014 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. leslie C. dunn and Katherine r. larson have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work. Published by ashgate Publishing limited ashgate Publishing Company Wey Court east 110 Cherry Street Union road Suite 3-1 Farnham Burlington Surrey, GU9 7PT VT 05401-3818 england USa www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data a catalogue record for this book is available from the British library The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Gender and song in early modern england / edited by leslie C. dunn and Katherine r. larson. pages cm.—(Women and Gender in the early Modern World) includes bibliographical references and index. iSBn 978-1-4724-4341-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)—iSBn 978-1-4724-4342-7 (ebook)— iSBn 978-1-4724-4343-4 (epub) 1. english drama—early modern and elizabethan, 1500–1600—history and criticism. 2. english drama—17th century—history and criticism. 3. Sex role in literature. 4. Gender identity in literature. 5. Poetics—history—16th century. 6. Poetics—history—17th century. 7. drama—Social aspects—england—history—16th century. 8. drama—Social aspects—england—history—17th century. i. dunn, leslie C., editor. ii. larson, Katherine rebecca, editor. Pr658.S42G46 2014 822’.309353—dc23 2014017402 iSBn: 9781472443410 (hbk) iSBn: 9781472443427 (ebk – PdF) iSBn: 9781472443434 (ebk – ePUB) V In memory of Winn Voigts and Betty Dunn, who inspired us as women, as scholars, and as musicians. Jan (Johannes) Vermeer, The Concert, 72.5 x 64.7 cm, oil on canvas, c. 1665 / © isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Ma, USa / The Bridgeman art library Contents List of Figures and Musical Examples ix Note on the Text xi Notes on Contributors xiii Acknowledgments xv introduction 1 Leslie C. Dunn and Katherine R. Larson 1 Performing Women in english Books of ayres 15 Scott A. Trudell 2 Witches, lamenting Women, and Cautionary Tales: Tracing “The ladies Fall” in early Modern english Broadside Balladry and Popular Song 31 Sarah F. Williams 3 listening to Black Magic Women: The early Modern Soundscapes of Witch drama and the new World 47 Jennifer Linhart Wood 4 “Better a Witty Fool Than a Foolish Wit”: Song, Fooling, and intellectual disability in Shakespearean drama 63 Angela Heetderks 5 dangerous Performance: Cupid in early Modern Pedagogical Masques 77 Amanda Eubanks Winkler 6 Making Music Fit for Kings: reforming and Gendering Music in Samuel rowley’s When You See Me, You Know Me 93 Joseph M. Ortiz 7 Unimportant Women: The “Sweet descants” of Mary Sidney and richard Crashaw 107 Tessie L. Prakas 8 domestic Song and the Circulation of Masculine Social energy in early Modern england 123 Linda Phyllis Austern 9 Song, Political resistance, and Masculinity in Thomas heywood’s The Rape of Lucrece 139 Nora L. Corrigan viii Gender and Song in Early Modern England 10 Music for Helen: The Fitful Changes of Troilus and Cressida 153 Erin Minear 11 The Use of Early Modern Music in Film Scoring for Elizabeth I 169 Kendra Preston Leonard Select Bibliography 185 Index 209 list of Figures and Musical examples Figures 1.1 example of table book layout: Thomas Campion’s “So many loves have i neglected.” Thomas Campion, Two Bookes of Ayres (london, 1613), sig. l2v. This item is reproduced by permission of the huntington library, San Marino, California. 19 2.1 A Lamentable Ballad of the Ladies Fall (1658–1664?). euing Ballads 196. © Glasgow University library, Special Collections. reproduced with permission. 32 3.1 Theodor de Bry’s engraving XViii, “Their danses which they use att their hyghe feastes.” Thomas harriot, A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia (london, 1590; 1871 facsimile). This item is reproduced by permission of the huntington library, San Marino, California. 55 5.1 “love, a Musician.” George Wither, A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne (london, 1635), 82. This item is reproduced by permission of the huntington library, San Marino, California. 81 5.2 “Castità.” Cesare ripa, Iconologia (Padua, 1611), 74. hamilton College, Burke library, Special Collections. 83 5.3 anthony Van dyck, Cupid and Psyche, 200.2 x 192.6 cm, oil on canvas, 1639–40. royal Collection Trust / © her Majesty Queen elizabeth ii, 2014. 87 Examples 2.1 The first stanza of text from A Lamentable Ballad of the Ladies Fall set to a modern transcription of “The ladies Fall.” 36
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