My review of Female-Voice Song and Women’s Musical Agency in the Middle Ages, edited by Anna Kathryn Grau and Lisa Colton has just appeared in Advance Access for Early Music. This book is part of the series Brill’s Companions to the Musical Culture of Medieval and Early Modern Europe and was published by Brill (Leiden) in 2022 at the somewhat eye-watering price of €215. Although reviewing large edited collections is quite a lot of work, I think it’s important to do so, especially when they’re pricey, as a way of informing potential readers of their contents in the hope that they might get a sense of whether to request their local library acquires the volume or, indeed, whether they fork out the money themselves. I think most universities libraries that teach music before 1500 and/or topics relating to women and music should probably buy this. I used the online version, which seemed pretty useful.
Early Music sent me a link, so you can see what I said about it in full: Elizabeth Eva Leach, “Female-voice song before 1500”. A review of Female-voice song and women’s musical agency in the Middle Ages, ed. Anna Kathryn Grau and Lisa Colton Brill’s Companions to the Musical Culture of Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Leiden: Brill, 2022), €215. Early Music, advance access [I’ll try to remember to add the exact volume and page details when they are available].
Elizabeth Eva Leach 