Women, Music, Culture: An Introduction

Julie C. Dunbar teaches music history, music appreciation, and instrumental music education at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin, where she also conducts instrumental ensembles. Her research and past publications focus on music in sociocultural contexts as well as historical issues in music education.

Preface


Acknowledgements


Part 1 Telling Musical Stories: Missing Voices in the Documentation of Musical Traditions


Introduction to Part 1


1. Reflections on "Deep Listening:" Exploring Music in Context


2. Medieval Liturgical Roots and the Documentation of the Western Canon


3. Women in World Music: Another Picture of Musical Documentation


Guided Research Project for Part 1: Defining Feminism


Part 2 Restricted Domains: Gender Spheres In Art Music


Introduction to Part 2


4. The Renaissance and Beyond: Courtly Worlds of Women and Music


5. Baroque Keyboard and Vocal Genres: Gender Roles in Musical Families


6. Romantic-Era Performer/Composers: Walking the Public/Private Line


Guided Research Project for Part 2: Writing the Classical Chapter


Part 3 Visual Images in an Aural World


Introduction to Part 3


7. American Popular Music: 1895-1945


8. Empowered Voices in the Public Eye: Women of Gospel and Blues


9. Visual Media and the Marketing of Women Performers


Guided Research Project for Part 3: Women Behind the Lens


Part 4 A Century of Change: The Impact of Education on Women's Art Music Activity


Introduction to Part 4


10. Gender Integration in Twentieth-Century Instrumental Ensembles


11. Twentieth-Century Large-Scale Works: Contrasting Compositional Voices


12. Old Genres, New Sounds: Contemporary Music and Experimental Voices


Guided Research Project for Part 4: Out of the Textbook and Into the Concert Hall


Part 5 No Longer "One of the Boys"


Introduction to Part 5


13. Instrumental to Jazz: The Forgotten Role of Women


14. Music Technology in the Hands of Women


15. A New Message: Taking Charge in the Mass Music Market


Guided Research Project for Part 5: "Women’s Music" and Segregation: Debating the Pros and Cons


Glossary


Index