Description

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 phenomenon that is the product of the singing body. It draws on a variety of genres, from theatre to psalm translations, sonnets and lyrics, and household drama to courtly masques.

CONTENTS

List of Figures
Track List for Companion Recording
Abbreviations
Note on the Text
Prologue
1 Airy Forms
2 Breath of Sirens
3 Voicing Lyric
4 Household Songs
5 Sweet Echo
Epilogue
Works Cited